scanalatura

Definitions of scanalatura
  1. noun
    a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
    synonyms: solco
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    type of:
    acciaccatura, ammaccatura, dentellatura, infossamento, infossatura
    a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  2. noun
    the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
  3. noun
    a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
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    type of:
    solco
    a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
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