lute

lute ¹  (lt)

n.

A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.

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[Middle English, from Old French lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'d : al-, the + 'd, wood, branch, stem, lute.]

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lute ²  (lt)

n.

A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight. Also called luting.

tr.v. lut·ed, lut·ing, lutes

To coat, pack, or seal with lute.

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[Middle English, from Old French lut, from Latin lutum, potter's clay.]

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lute¹

n

(Music / Instruments) an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear

[from Old French lut, via Old Provençal from Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood]

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lute²

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called luting a mixture of cement and clay used to seal the joints between pipes, etc.

2. (Medicine / Dentistry) Dentistry a thin layer of cement used to fix a crown or inlay in place on a tooth

vb

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to seal (a joint or surface) with lute

[via Old French ultimately from Latin lutum clay]

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Lute a flock of mallard.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lute - a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid luting sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
	2.	lute - chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard chordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

Translations

lute [luːt] N → laúd m

lute [ˈluːt] n → luth m

lute

n → Laute f

lute [luːt] n → liuto

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lute [luːt] n → liuto