Meaning

5 senses
  1. A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.

    Kannelierung, Riffelung, Auskehlung

    рифле́ниеriflénije, гофриро́вкаgofriróvka

  2. The act of making such grooves.

    Riffeln, Kannelieren, Auskehlen

  3. A flute-like sound.

  4. A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.

  5. The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.

More definitions
  • a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
decoration:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
decoration:
act:

Forms

plural: flutings
Singularfluting
Pluralflutings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column):flute

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflute

See also

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