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  • present participle of flute.
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fluting

American  
[floo-ting] / ˈflu tɪŋ /

noun

  1. something having ornamental grooves, as a Greek column.

  2. a groove, furrow, or flute, or a series of these.


fluting British  
/ ˈfluːtɪŋ /

noun

  1. a design or decoration of flutes on a column, pilaster, etc

  2. grooves or furrows, as in cloth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fluting

First recorded in 1475–85; flute + -ing 1

Vocabulary lists containing fluting

Example Sentences

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Fluting, then the inside liner, and last, the “bridge,” or exterior surface.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

Our arguments disputing, The universal Pan Still wanders fluting—fluting - Fluting to maid and man.

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest

The one half has Channelling or Fluting that is not hollowed, and make only Flat Faces or Pans.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

Thrushes in the deep woods, With their golden themes, Fluting like the choirs At the birth of dreams.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss

And in the rush of sun and glittering cloud That followed on the storm, he led the way, Fluting the sodden circus through the crowd That trod the city streets in holiday.

From King Cole by Masefield, John

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