Flute vs. Tibia

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.

Tibianoun

(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone

Tibianoun

(entomology) The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

Tibianoun

(arachnology) The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

Tibianoun

A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

Tibianoun

The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

Tibianoun

The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

Tibianoun

A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

Tibianoun

the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Tibia

The tibia (plural tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg next to the fibula and closer to the median plane or centre-line.