'Fife' definitions:
Definition of 'fife'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
Definition of 'Fife'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Fife'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'fife'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- English horn,
- fipple flute,
- flageolet,
- flute,
- hautboy,
- heckelphone,
- hornpipe,
- licorice stick,
- lip,
- musette,
- oaten reed,
- oboe,
- oboe da caccia,
- ocarina,
- Pandean pipe,
- 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
Fife, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.