flute
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How flute fits the hive
Base Score
5
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
E F L T U
Two-Letter Start
FL
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Ending
TE
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- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- FL start
- TE ending
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
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.
noun
A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
noun
A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
noun
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
noun
A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
noun
A long French bread roll, baguette.
noun
An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
noun
A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
verb
To play on a flute.
verb
To make a flutelike sound.
verb
To utter with a flutelike sound.
verb
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.).
noun
A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
Related Words
Synonyms
- edgeblownaerophone
- westernconcertflute