fluting

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
2. noun The act of making such grooves.
3. noun A flute-like sound.
4. noun A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
5. noun The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
6. adjective Making a sound like a flute.
7. verb present participle and gerund of flute

Similar words

whistly whuffly trilly whirry flapping humming rolling aflap fizzy singing

Often followed by

of and on in is voice or the at

Word family

flutings