Fluted

adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of flute form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.

    "The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall."

  2. 2
    Drunk; intoxicated. Ireland, slang

Synonyms

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a sheet in the winda sheet in the wind's eyeadrian quistadripaled upall mops and brooms

Antonyms

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sober

Example

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"Papyrus was used as paper and the reed's shape inspired the fluted columns of ancient Greece."

Etymology

From flute + -ed.

Related phrases

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