voluta — meaning in English

English meaning

• curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
• volute noun The spiral shape found on top of an Ionic column, also copied in many other building styles.
• wreath noun A ring-shaped arrangement of flowers, leaves, or other material, used for decoration or as a mark of honour or remembrance.

Senses

voluta is used for these senses in English:

• curl (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
• volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
• wreath Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

curl — full definition

1. noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
2. noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
3. verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.

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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