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fluted

flut·ed
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [floo-tid]
    • /ˈflu tɪd/
    • /ˈfluː.tɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [floo-tid]
    • /ˈflu tɪd/

Definitions of fluted word

  • adjective fluted fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes. 1
  • adjective fluted having flutes, grooves, or the like: a fluted column; fluted material; fluted stone tools. 1
  • noun fluted a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder. 1
  • noun fluted an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone. 1
  • noun fluted Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column. 1
  • noun fluted any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust. 1
See all 23 definitions of fluted

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Origin of fluted

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; flute + -ed3

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Parts of speech for Fluted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Fluted

fluted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fluted

adj fluted

  • crumpled — creased
  • furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • flexed — (of a human leg) depicted as bent at the knee.
  • wrinkled — a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
  • creased — marked by creases and wrinkles

verb fluted

  • blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
  • hiss — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
  • sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
  • signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
  • whine — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.

adjective fluted

  • grooved — simple past tense and past participle of groove.
  • corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
  • lined — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
  • channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • ridged — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
All 43 Synonyms of fluted

Antonyms for fluted

adj fluted

  • flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
  • smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
All 2 Antonyms of fluted

Top questions with fluted

  • what is a fluted barrel?

Related words

  • clovis

    of or relating to a Paleo-Indian cultural tradition of North America, especially the American Southwest, dated 10,000–9000 b.c. and characterized by a usually bifacial, fluted stone projectile point (Clovis point) used in big-game hunting.

  • folsom point

    a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game.

  • ionic

    Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).

  • scallop

    any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.

  • spanish foot

    a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
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