voluted

vo·lute

V0145200 (və-lo͞ot′)n.1. A spiral scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.2. a. A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.b. Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.

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[French, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from feminine past participle of volvere, to turn, roll; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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vo·lut′ed (-lo͞o′tĭd) adj.

voluted

(vəˈluːtɪd) adj (Architecture) architect having a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll

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voluted - in the shape of a coil coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, whorled, turbinatecoiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

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