coil

Speech parts

1. coil - Noun

2. coil - Verb

3. Coil - Proper noun

Meaning

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.

To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

helix roll loop spiral curl curlicue gyre volute wind twist scroll wrap tangle twine wreathe
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Antonyms

uncoil unroll release develop answer compile
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Hypernyms

form work structure construction turn shape

Hyponyms

hank corolla head primary secondary choke

Phrases with the word

reactance coil stator coil common-mode choke coil moving-coil meter french coil dipole coil

Derivatives

coiled coiling

Anagrams

clio loci coli Lico

Examples

a coil of rope Source: Internet

This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels Source: Internet

the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action Source: Internet

black smoke coiling up into the sky Source: Internet

the young people gyrated on the dance floor Source: Internet

A bank of capacitors releases a pulse of high voltage electric current of tens of kilovolts lasting 10 microseconds into the coil, generating a radial magnetic field. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coigny coigue coihue coil around coil gun coil resonance system