American English pronunciation

How to pronounce flutes

IPA transcription: [f'luts]

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Noun

  • a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown

  • a tall narrow wineglass

  • a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

Verb

  • form flutes in

Usage examples

  • Generally there can be an unlimited number of fiddles, flutes, accordions and tin whistles.
  • They utilized trumpets, saxes, and flutes.
  • Conventional flutes are blown with the mouth, although some cultures use nose flutes.
  • These flutes were highly respected for beauty of tone and form.
  • Even the flutes of a Corinthian column may be enriched.
  • There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums.