[l(j)uːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French lut, leut, probably via Provençal from Arabic al-‘ūd

[l(j)uːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French lut or medieval Latin lutum, a special use of Latin lutum ‘potter's clay’

[l(j)uːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- seal, join, or coat with lute
(e.g: they were luted with a heavy coating of calcined chalk and eggshells)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French lut or medieval Latin lutum, a special use of Latin lutum ‘potter's clay’