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n. Architecture A decorative motif consisting of a series of uniform, usually vertical flutes, as those incised in the surface of a column.

n. The act of incising or making grooves.

n. The grooves formed by narrow pleats in cloth, as in a ruffle.

v. Present participle of flute.

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

n. The act of making such grooves

n. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively

n. The act of playing on the flute, or the sound made by such playing; a flute-like sound.

n. The act of forming a groove or furrow.

n. A groove or furrow; fluted work; a flute: as, the flutings of a column, or of a woman's ruffle.

n. One of the longitudinal channels in a screw-tap by which a cutting edge is given to the thread.

n. a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

"If spiral fluting is the main reason, perhaps someday we'll see it as standard issue barrel apparel on U.S. military rifles and machine guns such as the M-14, M-16 or M-240."

groove    channel   

fluvial formation    fluvial period    magnesium fluting   

flute   

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