flute
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- noun
- /fluːt/
:
copa de champán
- The souvenir champagne flutes with the Sun Line Cruises logo stand empty on a silver tray.
Examples
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A darkly lit room filled to capacity, mostly men, all holding champagne flutes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Noticing Patrick, they both turn around and raise their champagne flutes, offering a toast from across the room.
Fiction book (2000) -
A silver champagne flute in one hand, a smile.
Fiction book (2002) -
Grab a flute of bubbly and rise.
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Flute of bubbly for the lady.
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A broken champagne flute.
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MILO takes two flutes of champagne off a tray.
Fiction book (2001) -
Daphne, a young waitress in a green dress, comes over with a tray of champagne flutes.
Fiction book (2002) -
"All right!" Deborah exclaimed as she returned with the champagne in one hand and two flutes in the other.
Fiction book (2001) -
Please pour the champagne into the flute to enjoy its bubbles.
Synonyms
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3.9
A tall narrow glass with a long stem for drinking champagne
A tall, narrow glass that holds champagne or sparkling wine
Compounds
- Specialized
A modern metal flute with keys designed by Theobald Boehm played by blowing across a side hole
- Specialized
A common concert wind instrument played by blowing across a hole tuned to C and used in orchestras
- Specialized
A drill bit with straight grooves along its length that remove small rock pieces
A tube wind instrument held vertically with finger holes that you blow into through a whistle mouthpiece
- Specialized
A metal or wooden instrument held sideways and played by blowing across a hole used in orchestras and bands
How Narrow
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flute for a champagne glass is named after the musical flute because the glass is tall and thin like a small tube, and this shape helps the bubbles in sparkling wine last longer.