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FIPPLE FLUTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fipple flute mean?
• FIPPLE FLUTE (noun)
The noun FIPPLE FLUTE has 1 sense:
1. a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
Familiarity information: FIPPLE FLUTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute
Hypernyms ("fipple flute" is a kind of...):
pipe (a tubular wind instrument)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fipple flute"):
flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder (a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes)
pennywhistle; tin whistle; whistle (an inexpensive fipple flute)
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