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/ˈfaɪf/ · noun
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
“Change course to two fife zero and reduce height to fifteen hundred feet.” That “fife,” thought Alan, sounded very affected; but it had a good survival value in a noisy background.
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Fife means A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Change course to two fife zero and reduce height to fifteen hundred feet.” That “fife,” thought Alan, sounded very affected; but it had a good survival value in a noisy background.
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