Fluting
adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
"Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door."
- 2 a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) wordnet
- 3 The act of making such grooves.
- 4 A flute-like sound.
- 5 A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
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- 6 The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of flute form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Making a sound like a flute. not-comparable
Example
More examples"Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door."
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