fluted column
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A tall stone post with decorative vertical grooves.
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- The temple's entrance was framed by colonnades of fluted Doric columns.
- The architect chose elegant fluted columns to support the portico.
- Sunlight caught the vertical grooves of the single fluted column in the courtyard.
- In our art history class, we studied the design of the Parthenon's fluted columns.
- Restoring the antique fluted column required a specialist stonemason.
- Each fluted column was carved from a single block of marble.
- The grand ballroom features towering fluted columns with Corinthian capitals.
- Even in its ruined state, the beauty of the fluted column was evident.
- The design blueprint clearly indicates a row of fluted columns along the facade.
- He leaned against a cool, stone fluted column, admiring the view.