TRANSVERSE FLUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse flute mean? 

• TRANSVERSE FLUTE (noun)
  The noun TRANSVERSE FLUTE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TRANSVERSE FLUTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSE FLUTE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flute; transverse flute

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)