What is the meaning of Fluting?

present participle and gerund of flute

Making a sound like a flute.

A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.

The act of making such grooves.

A flute-like sound.

A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.

The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.

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