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Noun: transverse flute
  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
    - flute
     
  2. The Western concert flute (also called transverse flute, C flute or Boehm flute) is a side-blown woodwind instrument made of metal or wood.
    - C flute, Boehm flute, Western concert flute

Derived forms: transverse flutes

Type of: wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument

Encyclopedia: Transverse flute

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