fluted

flute  (flt)

n.

1. Music

a. A high-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Also called transverse flute.

b. Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.

c. An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.

2.

a. Architecture A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.

b. A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.

3. A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.

v. flut·ed, flut·ing, flutes

v.tr.

1. Music To play (a tune) on a flute.

2. To produce in a flutelike tone.

3. To make flutes in (a column, for example).

v.intr.

1. Music To play a flute.

2. To sing, whistle, or speak with a flutelike tone.

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[Middle English floute, from Old French flaute, from Old Provençal flaüt, perhaps a blend of flaujol, flageolet (from Vulgar Latin *flbeolum; see flageolet) and laut, lute; see lute¹.]

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fluter n.

flutey, fluty adj.

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fluted [ˈfluːtɪd]

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (esp of the shaft of a column) having flutes

2. sounding like a flute

Thesaurus

fluted

adjective grooved, channelled, furrowed, corrugated the fluted wooden post of the porch

Translations

fluted [ˈfluːtɪd] ADJ (Archit) → estriado, acanalado

fluted

adj column, pillar → kanneliert; border, edge → bogenförmig; fluted glass → (Sekt)flöte f