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fluted

[ floo-tid ]

adjective

  1. fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike:

    fluted notes.

  2. having flutes, grooves, or the like:

    a fluted column; fluted material; fluted stone tools.



fluted

/ ˈfluːtɪd /

adjective

  1. (esp of the shaft of a column) having flutes
  2. sounding like a flute
“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


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  • un·fluted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluted1

First recorded in 1605–15; flute + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

Press the pastry into the bottom and sides of a fluted 9-inch tart pan with a removeable base.

Tisci experimented with layering, mixing sheer, knee-length slips with fluted mini-skirts and cropped jackets.

The dull green leaves and tight little buds could hardly be seen for the mass of wide fluted roses of a deep old-fashioned pink.

Each masterpiece in a fluted silver dish, silver candies sprinkled on the pink whipped cream!

But here was one mighty wave that was always itself, and every fluted swirl of it, constant as the wreathing of a shell.

The temple rises in the centre of the upper tier, conspicuous for the fluted spires which form the roofs of the sanctuaries.

From all the jutting points swung the thin fluted strips of varech, which sailors use as their barometers.

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