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VOLUTE:Dictionary entry overview: What does volute mean?
• VOLUTE (noun)
The noun VOLUTE has 2 senses:
1. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
2. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Familiarity information: VOLUTE used as a noun is rare.

• VOLUTE (adjective)
The adjective VOLUTE has 1 sense:
1. in the shape of a coil
Familiarity information: VOLUTE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VOLUTE (noun)

Sense 1 volute 
Meaning:
Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
volute; spiral
Hypernyms ("volute" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Sense 2 volute 
Meaning:
A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
coil; helix; volute; whorl; spiral
Context example:
a coil of rope
Hypernyms ("volute" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volute"):
hank (a coil of rope or wool or yarn)

vo·lute
(v-lt)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.