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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

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Example Sentences

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Both children and adults are thought to have participated in finger fluting, and similarly, Bennett said that the Quesang prints should also be considered art.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2021

Mirianashvili opted for a standard drinking glass, the kind with fluting at the base and a wide band near the rim.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

Often, her fluting or tapering forms travel through one another from inside to outside and back again.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2018

Grant based her character on her own mother and aunt, ladies with high, fluting voices and a “wonderful, ridiculous part to them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2017

There was not a piece of armour proofed in Europe but what Unde Dap had a theory about it He was furious with the new Gothic style, with its ridges and scallop-patterns and fluting.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White