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TRANSVERSE FLUTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
flute; transverse flute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("transverse flute" is a kind of...):
wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transverse flute"):
fife (a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band)
nose flute (a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries))
piccolo (a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute)
