Definition

1. Noun:

   • A high-pitched woodwind instrument: A musical instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end. It is played by blowing across a hole near the closed end while covering and uncovering finger holes along its length.
   • A tall, narrow wineglass: A stemmed glass with a tall, slender bowl, typically used for serving champagne.
   • A groove or furrow: A decorative, shallow, concave groove, especially one of a series on the shaft of a column in architecture or pressed into a fabric.

2. Verb:

   • To form flutes: To make long, rounded grooves or pleats in a material like cloth, pastry, or stone.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Musical Instrument):
  • She practiced the flute for two hours every day.
  • The melody was carried by a solo flute.
• Noun (Glassware):
  • Champagne is best served in a tall flute.
  • He filled the flute with sparkling wine.
• Noun (Architectural Groove):
  • The classical column had 20 vertical flutes.
  • The flutes on the pillar cast elegant shadows.
• Verb:
  • The chef fluted the edge of the pie crust.
  • The dressmaker fluted the fabric to create a decorative hem.

Advanced Usage

• "To play the flute": To perform music on the flute instrument.
  • He learned to play the flute in school.
• "Fluted" (Adjective): Having long, rounded grooves.
  • The building featured fluted columns and pilasters.
  • She wore a skirt with a fluted hem.

Variants and Related Words

• Flutist / Flautist (n): A person who plays the flute.
• Fluting (n): The action or process of making flutes; a series of flutes.
  • The fluting on the column was expertly carved.
• Piccolo (n): A small, high-pitched flute.

Synonyms

• Noun (Instrument): Wind instrument, fife (a small, high-pitched flute).
• Noun (Glass): Champagne glass, stemware.
• Noun (Groove): Groove, channel, furrow.
• Verb: Groove, pleat, corrugate.

Related Phrases

• Flute solo: A piece of music featuring a flute as the only or primary instrument.
  • The concert began with a beautiful flute solo.
• Bass flute: A larger, lower-pitched member of the flute family.

Idioms

• "To flute one's words/lines": To speak or recite in a high, clear, melodious voice. (This is a less common, literary usage).
  • The actor fluted his lines with perfect clarity.

Noun

1. a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
2. a tall narrow wineglass
3. 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

Verb

1. form flutes in