Fluted
['fluːtɪd] or ['flutɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Flute
(a.) Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes.
(a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.
Inputed by Lilly
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Grooved (as a column), channelled.
Typed by Ada
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CORRUGATE]
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- These were fluted, once, and yet, although the stone is about as hard as iron, the flutings are almost worn away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One roller of each pair was covered with leather, and the other was fluted lengthwise. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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