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- Dictionaryvolute/vəˈluːt/
noun
- 1. a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
- 2. a deep-water marine mollusc with a thick colourful spiral shell which is prized by collectors.
adjective
- 1. forming a spiral curve or curves: "a volute capital"
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A volute is a spiral or scroll-shaped form, an ornament, or a type of shell. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms from Merriam-Webster.
noun. a spiral or twisted formation or object. Architecture. a spiral ornament, found especially in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. Carpentry. a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair. Zoology. a turn or whorl of a spiral shell.
noun. 1. a spiral or twisting turn, form, or object; spiral; whorl. 2. Also called: helix. a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll. 3. any of the whorls of the spirally coiled shell of a snail or similar gastropod mollusc. 4.
A volute is a spiral or twisted formation, object, or ornament, often found in architecture, zoology, and engineering. Learn the origin, synonyms, and translations of the word volute from various sources.
Think, for example, of the type of sound which might provide a deep, peripheral horizon, or which might best describe a spatial volute. From the Cambridge English Corpus The main entrance is decorated with sculpted plants, chain links, volutes, mollusk shells and small grotesque masks.
Definitions of volute. noun. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center. synonyms: spiral. see more. noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, whorl. see more.
What does the noun volute mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun volute. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. volute has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. architecture (late 1600s) shells and shellfish (mid 1700s) Entry status.
