to flute

Examples

• All

• Thirteen floors of stone with sharp cornices, false architraves, and fluted pilasters.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Each of them held a fluted glass with something in it.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The bedroom roofs fan out like a fluted fruit bowl.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Each instrument consists of a handle, a fluted metal shaft, and a semicylindrical business end.

  Academic text (1993)

• Under the shade of the trees stood a plantation house with tall fluted columns of white pine.

  Fiction book (1998)

• In the garden, the lettuce holds the dew in its fluted depths.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The structure was tall and slender, fluted, buttressed, and absolutely ravishing.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The guest room was small and daintily decorated, with ruffles and fluted lampshades, handmade quilts, and woven rugs.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Fold in the dough that extends over the edges and flute the edges to form a border.

• To create a decorative pattern on the pastry, you should flute the edges using your fingers.

Synonyms

G

to groove

vsto flute

2 5.1

To make a long narrow cut or channel in a surface

is the same action but often adds decorative or functional purpose

R

to reed

vsto flute

• Specialized

9.9

To make parallel raised lines on a surface

focuses on a single long channel rather than repeated parallel lines

Compounds

C

champagne flute

• Literature

3 3.9

A tall narrow glass with a long stem for drinking champagne

F

flute player

2 2.0

A person who plays the flute as a job or for fun

N

nose flute

1 9.5

A small flute played by blowing air through the nose

B

Boehm flute

• Specialized

7.7

A modern metal flute with keys designed by Theobald Boehm played by blowing across a side hole

C

C flute

• Specialized

4.0

A common concert wind instrument played by blowing across a hole tuned to C and used in orchestras

D

devil's flute

• Literature

9.9

A very beautiful melody that people find impossible to resist

F

fipple flute

• Specialized

9.9

A simple wind instrument like a recorder that you blow into

F

flute glass

3.6

A tall, narrow glass that holds champagne or sparkling wine

T

transverse flute

5.1

A wind instrument held horizontally that you play by blowing across a hole

S

straight flute

• Specialized

8.8

A drill bit with straight grooves along its length that remove small rock pieces

V

vertical flute

7.5

A tube wind instrument held vertically with finger holes that you blow into through a whistle mouthpiece

W

Western concert flute

• Specialized

4.7

A metal or wooden instrument held sideways and played by blowing across a hole used in orchestras and bands

How Deep

to trench

6.5

to flute

• Specialized

5 8.4

to groove

2 5.1

to score

20 7.0

to nick

33 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology