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Definitions of coil
  1. noun
    a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
    "a coil of rope"

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  2. verb
    wind around something in coils or loops

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  3. verb
    make without a potter's wheel

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  4. noun
    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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  5. verb
    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"

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  6. noun
    a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
  7. noun
    a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
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  8. noun
    reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
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  9. noun
    tubing that is wound in a spiral
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Examples of coil
  • "a coil of rope"
  • "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"
  • "black smoke coiling up into the sky"
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