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nouna structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loopstype of:
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verbwind around something in coils or loopsOpposite:
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verbmake without a potter's wheel
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nouna round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)type of:
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verbto wind or move in a spiral coursetype of:
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nouna contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
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nouna transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline enginetype of:
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nounreactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuittype of:
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nountubing that is wound in a spiral
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"