ALL meanings of fluting
flut·ing
F f - noun fluting Sound reminiscent of that of a flute. 1
- noun fluting 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 fluting an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone. 1
- noun fluting Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column. 1
- noun fluting any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust. 1
- noun fluting one of the helical grooves of a twist drill. 1
- noun fluting a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl. 1
- noun fluting a similar stemmed glass, used especially for champagne. 1
- verb without object fluting to produce flutelike sounds. 1
- verb without object fluting to play on a flute. 1
- verb without object fluting (of a metal strip or sheet) to kink or break in bending. 1
- verb with object fluting to utter in flutelike tones. 1
- verb with object fluting to form longitudinal flutes or furrows in: to flute a piecrust. 1
- adjective fluting If you describe someone's voice as fluting, you mean that it goes up and down a lot, and usually that it is high pitched. 0
- noun fluting a design or decoration of flutes on a column, pilaster, etc 0
- noun fluting grooves or furrows, as in cloth 0
- noun fluting a decoration consisting of long, rounded grooves, as in a column 0
- noun fluting such grooves or the act of making them 0
- noun fluting the act of playing the flute or singing, etc. in a flutelike tone 0
- noun fluting (architecture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface. 0
- noun fluting The act of making such grooves. 0
- verb fluting present participle of flute. 0