volutes

Meaning of volutes

noun
  1. The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
  2. The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
  4. The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
  5. A spiral or scroll form.
  6. A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.

Information about volutes

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of volutes is: volute.
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Hyphenation of volutes

vo-lutes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • volutes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with volutes

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