volute

Plural: volutes

Noun

• A spiral architectural ornament, like a scroll.
• ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
• 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 Satellite

• in the shape of a coil

Adj

• Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
• Rolled up in any way.

Examples

• The elegant volute of letters on the board formed a beautiful, high-scoring word.

Synonyms

coil, coiling, helical, helix, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, voluted, whorl, whorled

Related Words

VOLUTED

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