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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : floo-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflu tɪŋ



Definition of fluting

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to play upon the flute," from flute (n.). Meaning "to make (architectural) flutes" is from 1570s. Related: Fluted; fluting.
  • As in channel : noun pathway, usually containing water
  • As in furrow : noun ditch
  • As in groove : noun channel, indentation
  • As in whistle : verb make sharp, shrill sound
  • As in plait : verb braid
Example sentences :
  • The fluting of the Doric column will thus be finished in the style appropriate to it.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • Alice smiled but went on fluting the edge of an apple pie with a fork.
  • Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane » by Lily Munsell Ritchie
  • Sliding with the tide, he heard it fluting in the bosom of the hills.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The fluting does not look like its ornament, but its drapery.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
  • Not for her the intricacies of starching and skillful ironing and fluting.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • The columns of the temple are unfinished, the fluting has never been done.
  • Extract from : « In the Land of Temples » by Joseph Pennell
  • The cupping is caused by not adding a sufficient number and the fluting by adding too many.
  • Extract from : « Philippine Mats » by Hugo H. Miller
  • From the green depths came the fluting of a lone wood-thrush.
  • Extract from : « Erskine Dale--Pioneer » by John Fox
  • I hear the fluting of the wind, and the tinkling of guitars.
  • Extract from : « All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Trumpeting and fluting rose early on the morn, as sign that they should ride.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

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