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Meaning of fluting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fluting

verb

Definitions

  1. To play on a flute.

  2. To make a flutelike sound.

  3. To utter with a flutelike sound.

  4. To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

noun

Definitions

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

  2. The act of making such grooves.

  3. A flute-like sound.

  4. A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Making a sound like a flute.