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Textual thesaurus for "coil"

(noun) spiral, helix, whorl, volute

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

a coil of rope


(noun) curl, curlicue, gyre, whorl, ringlet, scroll, roll

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)


(verb) curl, loop

wind around something in coils or loops


(verb) hand-build, handbuild

make without a potter's wheel

This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels


(verb) gyrate, spiral

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; the young people gyrated on the dance floor