Flute vs. Lute

Flutenoun

(musical instruments) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

Flutenoun

A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

Flutenoun

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

Flutenoun

a lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape

Flutenoun

A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.

Flutenoun

A long French bread roll.

Flutenoun

An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

Flutenoun

A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

Flutenoun

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To play on a flute.

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.

Fluteverb

(transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.

Fluteverb

(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

Flutenoun

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

Flutenoun

A channel of curved section; - usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.

Flutenoun

A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

Flutenoun

A long French breakfast roll.

Flutenoun

A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

Flutenoun

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Fluteverb

To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

Fluteverb

To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

Fluteverb

To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

Flutenoun

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

Flutenoun

a tall narrow wineglass

Flutenoun

a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column

Fluteverb

form flutes in

Flutenoun

a wind instrument made from a tube with holes that are stopped by the fingers or keys, held vertically or horizontally (in which case it is also called a transverse flute) so that the player's breath strikes a narrow edge. The modern orchestral form is a transverse flute, typically made of metal, with an elaborate set of keys.

Flutenoun

an organ stop with wooden or metal flue pipes producing a tone similar to that of a flute.

Flutenoun

an ornamental vertical groove in a column.

Flutenoun

a trumpet-shaped frill on a dress or other garment.

Flutenoun

a tall, narrow wine glass

Fluteverb

play a flute or pipe.

Fluteverb

speak in a melodious way

Fluteverb

make flutes or grooves in.

Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.

Lutenoun

A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Lutenoun

Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

(brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Luteverb

To fix or fasten something with lute.

Lutenoun

A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; - called also luting.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.

Lutenoun

A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.

Luteverb

To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

Luteverb

To sound, as a lute.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Lutenoun

a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

Lutenoun

chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

Lutenoun

a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Lutenoun

liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft.

Lutenoun

a rubber seal for a jar.

Luteverb

seal, join, or coat with lute

Lute

A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.