volute

C2 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /vəˈluːt/ UK /vəˈluːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a spiral scroll ornament, especially one forming a characteristic part of an Ionic column capital

A carved volute curled outward from each side of the capital.
2

noun
a large marine gastropod of the family Volutidae, or its smooth, often brightly patterned spiral shell

The animal carried a large volute shell toward its burrow.
3

adj
coiled or shaped in a spiral

The fossil preserved a finely ridged volute form.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a spiral scroll ornament,... spiral scroll

2 noun · a large marine gastropod of... volute snail

3 adj · coiled or shaped in a spiral spiralcoiled

Word family

Forms volutes

Derived forms volutitevolutoid

Related forms Ionic ordercapitalVolutidaespiral

Etymology

Borrowed through French volute and Italian voluta from Latin voluta, 'a rolled or spiral form,' the feminine of volutus, 'rolled,' from volvere, 'to roll.' Architecture and zoology independently apply the rolling spiral image to scrolls and shells.

Topics

Tools, Machines & Construction

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# volute

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /vəˈluːt/
**IPA (UK):** /vəˈluːt/

## Meanings
1. a spiral scroll ornament, especially one forming a characteristic part of an Ionic column capital
2. a large marine gastropod of the family Volutidae, or its smooth, often brightly patterned spiral shell
3. coiled or shaped in a spiral

## Examples
- A carved volute curled outward from each side of the capital.
- The animal carried a large volute shell toward its burrow.
- The fossil preserved a finely ridged volute form.

## Synonyms
- spiral scroll
- volute snail

## Derived Forms
- volutite
- volutoid

## Related Forms
- Ionic order
- capital
- Volutidae
- spiral

## Etymology
Borrowed through French volute and Italian voluta from Latin voluta, 'a rolled or spiral form,' the feminine of volutus, 'rolled,' from volvere, 'to roll.' Architecture and zoology independently apply the rolling spiral image to scrolls and shells.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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