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/vəˈluːt/ · noun
(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture..
This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]
Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
Use volute when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Volute means (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture..
Common synonyms include coil, whorl, coiled, helix.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]
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