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How to use fluted in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Fluted means having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight. Example: “The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.””

Examples of fluted by meaning

adjectiveHaving flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.

  • The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.”2018 February 28, Rene Marsh, Ross Levitt, “See HUD’s $31,000 mahogany dining set”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2022

More sentences with fluted

  • If you don't have a crinkle cutter, a fluted pastry wheel creates the same effect.2012, Better Homes and Gardens, The Ultimate Cookie Book, →ISBN. From the entry pastry wheel
  • Just so, light beaded on tin lanterns, drops fanfared from sprinklers, minnows fluted in pools.2000, Veronica Patterson, Swan, what Shores?, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry fanfare
  • All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry flute
  • Each masterpiece in a fluted silver dish, silver candies sprinkled on the pink whipped cream!1936 August–September, Pearl Norton Swet, “The Medici Boots”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and…. From the entry tortoni
  • It was framed in ivory, and of fluted ivory were the slim columns it swung between.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry cheval glass
  • The skull of the lobster-tailed pot helmet was often fluted.2017, Hannah Dennison, Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall: A Honeychurch Hall Mystery, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry lobster-tailed pot
  • Shortbread dough takes beautifully to fancy fluted edges.2012, Better Homes and Gardens, The Ultimate Cookie Book, →ISBN. From the entry pastry wheel
  • The best-known peanut-butter cups are made by Reese’s in an iconic round, tapered cup shape with fluted sides.2009, Anita Chu, “Peanut-Butter Cups”, in Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable, Philadelphia…. From the entry peanut-butter cup
  • There are other kinds of hewing also adopted in dressing of stone, such as scabbled, striped, grooved, fluted and piended.1917, Frederick Thomas Hodgson, Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for Pricing All Builders' Work…. From the entry piended
  • This larva, for which the name Cercaria photifera is suggested, is a leptocercous form with pear-shaped body and a tail with fluted margins.1922, Parasitology, page 262. From the entry leptocercous

Meaning of fluted

  1. adjective Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.
  2. adjective Drunk; intoxicated.

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Questions about fluted in a sentence

How do you use fluted in a sentence?
Fluted is used as an adjective. For example: “The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.””
What is a short sentence with fluted?
“Shortbread dough takes beautifully to fancy fluted edges.”
What does fluted mean?
Fluted means having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.

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