fluting at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[N] (Furrow): furrow, groove, rut, scratch, crack, score, incision, slit, gash, chamfer, fluting, wale, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, moat, trough, ravine.
Fluting at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fluting}.]
1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like
that of a flute.
Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic
tenderness. --Tennyson.
The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. --Emerson.
2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,
etc.
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.
Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes
collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the
fluting of a lady's ruffle.
{Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called
also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.
{Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on
balusters, table legs, etc.
fluting at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
fluting
n : a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {flute}]
fluting at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Verb
flutingNoun
Inter: en-noun » -Category: File - :Shkant.jpg|thumb|Two wooden dowels with lengthwise fluting.
- Inter: architectur » e A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface
- The act of making such grooves
Translations
Inter: trans-top » decoration consisting of surface grooves
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Translation: de » fluting
Translation: et » fluting
Translation: fr » fluting
Translation: ko » fluting
Translation: io » fluting
Translation: mg » fluting
Translation: my » fluting
Translation: fi » fluting
Translation: ta » fluting
Translation: te » fluting
Translation: vi » fluting
Translation: zh » fluting