coil

Meanings

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  • "a coil of rope"
• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
• a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
• tubing that is wound in a spiral
• reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
• to wind or move in a spiral course
  • "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"
  • "black smoke coiling up into the sky"
• make without a potter's wheel
• wind around something in coils or loops

Synonyms

curl, curlicue, gyrate, gyre, hand-build, handbuild, helix, loop, ringlet, roll, scroll, spiral, volute, whorl