- a spiral or twisted formation or object.
- a spiral ornament, found especially in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
- a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair.
- Zoology.
- a turn or whorl of a spiral shell.
- any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Volutidae, many species of which have shells prized for their coloration.
- the spiral casing surrounding the impeller of a centrifugal pump.
- having a volute or rolled-up form.
- Machinery.
- spirally shaped or having a part so shaped.
- moving in a circular way, especially if combined with a lateral motion.
- a spiral or twisting turn, form, or object; spiral; whorl
- a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll
- any of the whorls of the spirally coiled shell of a snail or similar gastropod mollusc
- any tropical marine gastropod mollusc of the family Volutidae, typically having a spiral shell with beautiful markings
- a tangential part, resembling the volute of a snail's shell, that collects the fluids emerging from the periphery of a turbine, impeller pump, etc
- having the form of a volute; spiral
- moving in a spiral path
