Champagne vs. Flute

Champagnenoun

A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

Flutenoun

(musical instruments) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

Champagnenoun

Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

Flutenoun

A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

Champagnenoun

Any sparkling white wine.

Flutenoun

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

Champagnenoun

(countable) A glass of champagne.

Flutenoun

a lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape

Champagnenoun

(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

Flutenoun

A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.

Champagneadjective

Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

Flutenoun

A long French bread roll.

Champagneverb

(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.

Flutenoun

An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

Champagneverb

(intransitive) To drink champagne.

Flutenoun

A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

Champagnenoun

A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.

Flutenoun

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Champagnenoun

a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To play on a flute.

Champagnenoun

a region of northeastern France

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.

Champagnenoun

a former province of north-eastern France that now corresponds to the Champagne-Ardenne administrative region. The region is noted for the white sparkling wine first produced there in about 1700.

Fluteverb

(transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.

Champagne

Champagne (, French: [ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a sparkling wine produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, that demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation. The grapes Pinot noir, Pinot meunier, and Chardonnay are used to produce almost all Champagne, but small amounts of Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Arbane, and Petit Meslier are vinified as well.

Fluteverb

(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

Flutenoun

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

‘The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.’;

Flutenoun

A channel of curved section; - usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.

Flutenoun

A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

Flutenoun

A long French breakfast roll.

Flutenoun

A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

Flutenoun

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Fluteverb

To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

Fluteverb

To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

‘Knaves are men,That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.’; ‘The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.’;

Fluteverb

To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

Flutenoun

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

Flutenoun

a tall narrow wineglass

Flutenoun

a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column

Fluteverb

form flutes in

Flutenoun

a wind instrument made from a tube with holes that are stopped by the fingers or keys, held vertically or horizontally (in which case it is also called a transverse flute) so that the player's breath strikes a narrow edge. The modern orchestral form is a transverse flute, typically made of metal, with an elaborate set of keys.

Flutenoun

an organ stop with wooden or metal flue pipes producing a tone similar to that of a flute.

Flutenoun

an ornamental vertical groove in a column.

Flutenoun

a trumpet-shaped frill on a dress or other garment.

Flutenoun

a tall, narrow wine glass

‘a flute of champagne’;

Fluteverb

play a flute or pipe.

Fluteverb

speak in a melodious way

‘‘What do you do?’ she fluted’;

Fluteverb

make flutes or grooves in.

Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.