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FIFE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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