fluting
fluting noun: a decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface. Also the present participle and gerund of flute.
Noun
fluting (plural flutings)
- 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.1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
- The act of making such grooves.
- A flute-like sound.
- A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
- The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
Adjective
fluting (not comparable)
- Making a sound like a flute.
Also used as
fluting is also the present participle and gerund of flute.
Forms of fluting
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Phrases with fluting
Questions about fluting
- What does fluting mean?
- Fluting means a decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
- What part of speech is fluting?
- Fluting can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of fluting?
- The plural of fluting is flutings.
Words near fluting in the dictionary
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