Antonyms for fluting

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

Synonyms for fluting

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