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FIFE

Pronunciation (US):

• FIFE (noun)
The noun FIFE has 1 sense:

1. a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

Familiarity information: FIFE used as a noun is very rare.

• FIFE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fife" is a kind of...):

flute; transverse flute (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)

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