volute
Meaning of volute
noun
- The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
- A spiral or scroll form.
- A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
adjective
Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
Information about volute
- The plural form of volute is: volutes.
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Hyphenation of volute
vo-lute
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- volute is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
volute synonyms
Meaning coiling:
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, voluted, whorled, turbinate
Meaning spiral:
Meaning coil:
Anagrams of volute
Words that rhyme with volute
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