coil

Noun

• reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

• tubing that is wound in a spiral

• a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

• a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

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

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  • a coil of rope
    

Verb

• wind around something in coils or loops

• make without a potter's wheel
  • This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  whorl , roll , curl , curlicue , ringlet , gyre , scroll , spiral , volute , helix , loop , handbuild , hand-build , gyrate