Definition of volute
1 : a spiral or scroll-shaped form
2 : a spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital
3a : any of various marine gastropod mollusks (family Volutidae) with a thick short-spired shellb : the shell of a volute
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Origin and Etymology of volute
Latin voluta, from feminine of volutus, past participle of volvere to roll — more at voluble
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