fluting

[ floo-ting ]

noun

1. something having ornamental grooves, as a Greek column.
2. a groove, furrow, or flute, or a series of these.

fluting

/ ˈfluːtɪŋ /

noun

1. a design or decoration of flutes on a column, pilaster, etc
2. grooves or furrows, as in cloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluting¹

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

Example Sentences

Press one stack of the rectangles into each well of the muffin pan, folding or fluting the edges slightly to make an attractive cup.

From Washington Post

There’s a top and a bottom, and between them is a bunch of ridged or diagonally reinforced filler called “fluting.”

From New York Times

That fluting is what gives a cardboard box its protective quality; without its flutes, corrugate wouldn’t be corrugate at all — it would just be containerboard.

From New York Times

International Paper customers choose from a fluting guide that extends from A-flute at the thickest to so-called microflutes like E and F.

From New York Times

“Fluting happens at the top,” McDaniel said, indicating a series of whirring cogs on the corrugator that folded the paper into tiny creases — origami at industrial scale.

From New York Times

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