fipple
Meaning of fipple
noun
the mouthpiece of a recorder or similar wind instrument which is blown endwise, in which a thin channel cut through a block directs a stream of air against a sharp edge. The term has been applied to various parts of this, including the block and the channel.
early 17th century: perhaps related to Icelandic flipi ‘horse's lip’.
Information about fipple
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fipple is: fipples.
- Languages in which fipple is used:
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Hyphenation of fipple
fip-ple
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- fipple is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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