Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo;
has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fife \Fife\ (f[imac]f), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[imac]fa, LL. pipa
pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to
peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.)
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
[1913 Webster]
Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who
superintends the fifers of a regiment.
Fife rail. (Naut.)
(a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying
pins, etc.
(b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n.
fifing.]
To play on a fife.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fife
n 1: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a
shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a
marching band
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "fife":
English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, bagpipe, basset horn,
basset oboe, bassoon, blow, blow a horn, bombard, bugle, carillon,
clarinet, clarion, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cromorne, doodle,
double bassoon, double reed, double-tongue, fipple flute,
flageolet, flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, licorice stick,
lip, musette, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, panpipe,
penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, pommer, recorder, reed,
reed instrument, sax, saxophone, shawm, single reed,
single-reed instrument, sonorophone, sound, sweet potato, syrinx,
tabor pipe, tenoroon, tin-whistle, tongue, toot, tootle,
triple-tongue, trumpet, tweedle, whistle, wind, wind the horn,
woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Fife, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 4784
Housing Units (2000): 2232
Land area (2000): 5.564485 sq. miles (14.411949 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.094154 sq. miles (0.243858 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.658639 sq. miles (14.655807 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23795
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.234439 N, 122.359690 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98424
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fife, WA
Fife