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FIPPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fipple mean?
• FIPPLE (noun)
The noun FIPPLE has 1 sense:
1. a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
Familiarity information: FIPPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fipple" is a kind of...):
plug; stopper; stopple (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)
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