octave flute
English edit
Noun edit
octave flute (plural octave flutes)
- A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
- Synonym: piccolo
- A flute stop in an organ pitched an octave higher than the standard pitch.
Hypernyms edit
- (high-pitched flute stop in an organ): organ stop
References edit
- “octave flute, n.” under “octave, n.2 and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
