adj
Meaning 1
Making a sound like a flute.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
fluting
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
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Qualifier: sculpture
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 3
The act of making such grooves.
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noun
Meaning 4
A flute-like sound.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 6
The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of flute
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 8
a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flute
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Broader terms: groove, channel
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: canaleta — decoration
- Finnish: uritus — decoration
- Finnish: kanneluuri — decoration
- German: Kannelierung — decoration
- German: Riffelung — decoration
- German: Auskehlung — decoration
- German: Rille — decoration
- German: Rüschen — decoration
- German: Rillen — decoration
- Hungarian: kannelúra — decoration
- Irish: cuisliú — decoration
- Russian: рифле́ние (riflénije) — decoration
- Russian: гофриро́вка (gofriróvka) — decoration
- Finnish: uritus — act
- German: Riffeln — act
- German: Kannelieren — act
- German: Auskehlen — act
- German: Kräuseln — act
- Swedish: räffling — act