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    FIPPLE PIPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpieceplay

    Synonyms:

    fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("fipple pipe" is a kind of...):

    pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fipple pipe"):

    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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