fluted
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.61 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of flute
Example Sentences
- "Mr. W. Younger, of Huntington, Tenn., has invented a new washing machine, which by a rotary motion of a driving roller, he has combined a toothed roller and a fluted one and a rubbing board."
- "The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall."
- "The table and two base pedestals cost more than $4,000. The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English flute Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English fluted From flute + -ed.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more fluted (comparative)
most fluted (superlative)