fluted
Americanadjective
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fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike.
fluted notes.
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having flutes, grooves, or the like.
a fluted column; fluted material; fluted stone tools.
adjective
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(esp of the shaft of a column) having flutes
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sounding like a flute
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Most fungi in this family have shallow bowls, but the Fluted Bird's Nest is more funnel-shaped, with its ribbed tube faceted by spiky, wooly tufts.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023
His family went by wagon into the mountains near Fluted Rock.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Fluted glasses appear from somewhere behind him and are set up on Marlena’s vanity.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Fluted shaft or clustered pier, how poor of art, beside this grass-shaft—built, first to sustain the food of men, then to be strewn under their feet!
From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John
Fluted Corinthian columns supporting an elaborate cornice divide the walls into compartments, in which the books are ranged on open shelves.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
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