fluting
Parallel carved grooves
Fluting refers to parallel grooves or channels, especially the vertical ones carved into classical columns.
The word extends to any similar decorative pattern of rounded channels: the fluting on a pie crust, fluted glassware.
As a musical term, fluting describes high, clear tones resembling a flute: the fluting call of a songbird.
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- pieCrust-enclosed baked dish
- crustHard outer layer
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
pinching · decorative · scalloped · fork · thumb · pastry wheel · lattice · border
Vertical structural element
- pilasterShallow wall-mounted column
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- capitalWealth used for investment
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
Corinthian · Doric · pedestal · colonnade · portico · peristyle · balustrade · volute
Passage for transmission
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
- convexCurved outward externally
ridge · valley · parallel · scallop · reeding · cabling · incision · indentation
For beauty, not function
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
gilding · rococo · baroque · plasterwork · stucco · marquetry · intarsia · acanthus
Quality of sound
- pitchFrequency of sound
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
warble · trill · birdsong · whistle · melodic · clear · bright · airy
Blown orchestral instrument type
- piccoloSmall, high-pitched woodwind
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- fifeSmall shrill woodwind
- panpipesGraduated tube wind instrument
ocarina · transverse · embouchure · trill · fingering · breath · orchestral · solo
crimping
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edge · pinching · decorative · scalloped · fork · thumb · pastry wheel · lattice · border · baking
column
Vertical structural element
Ionic · Corinthian · Doric · pedestal · colonnade · portico · peristyle · balustrade · volute · stoa
channel
Passage for transmission
convex · ridge · valley · parallel · scallop · reeding · cabling · incision · indentation · slot
ornamental
For beauty, not function
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
filigree · gilding · rococo · baroque · plasterwork · stucco · marquetry · intarsia · acanthus · inlay
tone
Quality of sound
- pitchFrequency of sound
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
vibrato · warble · trill · birdsong · whistle · melodic · clear · bright · airy · lilting
woodwind
Blown orchestral instrument type
panpipes · ocarina · transverse · embouchure · trill · fingering · breath · orchestral · solo · chamber
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- bird soundschirp, birdcall, tweet, bird songs, cheep
- ornamentationornaments, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental, embellishment
- columnspillar, column, pillars, shaft, shafts
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- Art Decoart deco, sunburst, sunbursts, chevron, zigzag
flutingsmooth surface
Plane without irregularities
ungrooved · smoothness · reeding · plainness · flat surface
flutingdroning
Sustained monotonous sound
booming · thundering · rumbling · percussive · growling