fluting

English

Verb

fluting

1. present participle and gerund of flute

Adjective

fluting (not comparable)

1. Making a sound like a flute.

Noun

fluting (plural flutings)

1. (architecture, sculpture) 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. (fashion) A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
5. The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.

Translations

decoration

Finnish: uritus (fi), kanneluuri (fi) German: Kannelierung f, Riffelung (de) f, Auskehlung f, Rille (de) f, Rüschen (de) pl or f, Rillen (de) pl or f Hungarian: kannelúra Irish: cuisliú m Russian: рифле́ние (ru) n (riflénije), гофриро́вка (ru) f (gofriróvka)

act

Finnish: uritus (fi) German: Riffeln (de) n, Kannelieren n, Auskehlen n, , Kräuseln n Swedish: räffling c