Word.ws English Dictionary

block flute

block flute noun: a flute stop on an organ of 4' or 2' that is imitative of a recorder.

Noun

block flute (plural block flutes)

  1. A flute stop on an organ of 4' or 2' that is imitative of a recorder.

Forms of block flute

pluralblock flutes
alternative formBlockflöte

Origin of block flute

Calque of German Blockflöte (“block flute”), so named for Blockflöte (“recorder”).

Questions about block flute

What does block flute mean?
Block flute means a flute stop on an organ of 4' or 2' that is imitative of a recorder.
What part of speech is block flute?
Block flute is a noun.
What is the plural of block flute?
The plural of block flute is block flutes.

Words near block flute in the dictionary

  1. block devices
  2. block diagram
  3. block diagrams
  4. block dump
  5. block dumps
  6. block flute
  7. block flutes
  8. block grant
  9. block grants
  10. block graph
  11. block graphs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: block flute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “block flute.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/block_flute. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.