Definition of: flute

(flt) noun
1. A tubular wind instrument of small diameter with holes along the side.
2. A flute stop in an organ; flue.
3. Archit. A groove, usually of semicircular section, as in a column.
4. A corrugation; crimping.
5. A tall, slender wineglass.
—v. flut·ed, flut·ing.
—v.i.
1. To play on a flute.
2. To produce a flutelike sound.
—v.t.
3. To sing or utter with flutelike tones.
4. To make flutes in, as a column. [<OF flaüte]
—flut′y adjective