FLAGEOLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flageolet mean? 

• FLAGEOLET (noun)
  The noun FLAGEOLET has 2 senses:

1. a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried

2. a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes

  Familiarity information: FLAGEOLET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGEOLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

flageolet; haricot

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

common bean (any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder

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

fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute (a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece)

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

tabor pipe (a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor)