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coil

English

  1. 🔊 a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
    “a coil of rope”
  2. 🔊 reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
  3. 🔊 tubing that is wound in a spiral
  4. 🔊 a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
  5. 🔊 a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
  6. 🔊 a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  7. 🔊 wind around something in coils or loops
  8. 🔊 make without a potter's wheel
    “This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels”
  9. 🔊 to wind or move in a spiral course
    “the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 devanado coil
  2. 🔊 rollo coil
  3. 🔊 serpentín coil
  4. 🔊 devanar to coil, wind

Similar words

spiral volute whorl helix whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet gyre scroll loop curl handbuild hand-build gyrate spiral bolt braid brouhaha bun chignon circles cirrus