coil

/kɔil/
Noun
  1. reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
  2. tubing that is wound in a spiral
  3. a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
  4. a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
  5. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  6. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
    • a coil of rope
Verb
  1. wind around something in coils or loops
  2. make without a potter's wheel
    • This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels
  3. 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

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A gardener uses a coil of green hose to water the flower beds.