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noun. A decorative motif consisting of a series of uniform, usually vertical flutes, as those incised in the surface of a column.

noun. The act of incising or making grooves.

noun. The grooves formed by narrow pleats in cloth, as in a ruffle.

noun. The act of playing on the flute, or the sound made by such playing; a flute-like sound.

noun. The act of forming a groove or furrow.

noun. A groove or furrow; fluted work; a flute: as, the flutings of a column, or of a woman's ruffle.

noun. One of the longitudinal channels in a screw-tap by which a cutting edge is given to the thread.

noun. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively

noun. a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron.

noun. a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc.

verb. Present participle of flute.

noun. A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface

noun. The act of making such grooves

noun. a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

"If spiral fluting is the main reason, perhaps someday we'll see it as standard issue barrel apparel on U.S. military rifles and machine guns such as the M-14, M-16 or M-240."

fluvial formation  fluvial period  magnesium fluting  

channel  groove  

Trilling  bell-like  birdlike  chortle  clockface  

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