Volute — meaning in English

English meaning

• scroll noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
• volute noun The spiral shape found on top of an Ionic column, also copied in many other building styles.

Senses

Volute is used for these senses in English:

• scroll (architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
• volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

scroll — full definition

1. noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
2. verb To move text or images on a screen up, down, or sideways to view more content.
3. verb (informal) To browse social media aimlessly for long stretches of time.

volute — full definition

1. noun The spiral shape found on top of an Ionic column, also copied in many other building styles.
2. noun The coiled ridges that form the shell of a snail-like creature.
3. noun Any sea-dwelling gastropod belonging to the family Volutidae.
4. noun The spiral-shaped outer housing of a centrifugal pump.

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