volute

volute is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
2. noun. A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
3. noun. Any voluta.
4. noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, whorl

5. noun. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

   Synonyms: spiral

6. adjective. in the shape of a coil

   Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, voluted, whorled

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in volute:

velout

Common word forms

voluted, volutes

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