coil
About 6.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
the sinuous coils of a snake
- noun Any intrauterine device for contraception (originally coil-shaped).
- noun A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- noun A cylinder of clay.
- noun Entanglement; perplexity.
- verb To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
- verb To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
- verb To wind cylindrically or spirally.
to coil a rope when not in use
Similar words
whorl curlicue gyre gyrate roll loop curl scroll ringlet volute
Often followed by
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Word family
coilabilities coilability coiled coiling coils
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