¹lute

noun \ˈlüt\

Definition of LUTE

: a stringed instrument having a large pear-shaped body, a vaulted back, a fretted fingerboard, and a head with tuning pegs which is often angled backward from the neck

Illustration of LUTE

Origin of LUTE

Middle English, from Middle French lut, from Old Occitan laut, from Arabic al-ʽūd, literally, the wood

First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with LUTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, butte, chute, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute

²lute

verb

lut·edlut·ing

Definition of LUTE

transitive verb

: to seal or cover (as a joint or surface) with lute

Origin of LUTE

Middle English, from Latin lutare, from lutum mud — more at pollute

First Known Use: 14th century

³lute

noun

Definition of LUTE

: a substance (as cement or clay) for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

First Known Use of LUTE

15th century

LUTE Defined for Kids

lute

noun \ˈlüt\

Definition of LUTE for Kids

: a musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and usually paired strings played with the fingers

Medical Dictionary

lute

noun \ˈlüt\

Medical Definition of LUTE

: a substance (as cement or clay) for packing a joint (as in laboratory apparatus) or coating a porous surface to produce imperviousness to gas or liquid

—lute transitive verb, lut·ed lut·ing