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fluting

The English word “fluting” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.
  5. The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.

adjective

  1. Making a sound like a flute.
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