Associations to the word «Volute»
Noun
- Mollusk
- Snail
- Capital
- Species
- Handle
- Mollusc
- Casing
- Suspension
- Scroll
- Family
- Fontana
- Cornice
- Vase
- Facade
- Compressor
- Gable
- Pump
- Column
- Cone
- Leaf
- Spring
- Motif
- Shell
- Ornament
- Arch
- Wheel
- Decoration
- Mm
- Shaft
- Tank
- Ram
- Cape
- Vessel
- Forming
- Medium
- Corner
- Neck
- Base
- Inscription
- Flower
- Driver
- Palm
- Gun
- Western
- Shape
- Genus
- Fig
- Pressure
- Track
- Scene
- Leave
- Australia
- Design
- Pair
- Element
- Side
- Window
- Entrance
- Order
- Upper
- Style
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
VOLUTE, noun. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
VOLUTE, noun. (zoology) The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
VOLUTE, noun. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
Dictionary definition
VOLUTE, noun. Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.
VOLUTE, noun. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope".
VOLUTE, adjective. In the shape of a coil.
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