coil
Meaning of coil
noun
- a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.
a coil of rope
a coil of blue smoke rose from the tip of her cigarette
- arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.
he began to coil up the heavy ropes
he coiled a lock of her hair around his finger
early 16th century (as a verb): from Old French coillir, from Latin colligere ‘gather together’ (see collect1).
noun
a confusion or turmoil.
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
Information about coil
- The plural form of coil is: coils.
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Hyphenation of coil
coil
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- coil is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
coil synonyms
Meaning spiral:
Meaning whorl:
whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
Meaning gyrate:
Meaning handbuild:
Meaning loop:
Meaning cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach:
Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:
Meaning form or cause to form a curve:
Meaning shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle:
Meaning interlace:
Meaning wind or twist together; interweave:
Meaning move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake:
Meaning move or twist in a spiral motion:
Meaning (especially of smoke) move with a curling motion:
Meaning (of a river or road) follow a winding course:
Meaning make (an argument, story, etc.) complex and difficult to follow:
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Words that rhyme with coil
IntraCoil, accoil, chokecoil, counterrecoil, nonrecoil, precoil, recoil, multicoil, encoil, uncoil, upcoil, overcoil, supercoil
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