Dagens Engelsk ord

flute

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Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

flute

1. n. (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

2. n. (musical instruments, colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

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

4. n. 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

5. n. (architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.

6. n. A long French bread roll.

7. n. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

8. n. A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

9. v. (intransitive) To play on a flute.

10. v. (intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.

11. v. To utter with a flutelike sound.

12. v. 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.).

13. n. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Svenska > Engelsk

flöjt

1. n-c. (musical instrument) flute