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coil
1[ koil ]
noun
- a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into:
A coil of string was wound around the pole.
- one of a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into:
Grab the first coil of the yarn and slip it over the other two.
- an arrangement of pipes wound up in a spiral or series, as in a radiator.
- a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.
- Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device.
- Electricity.
- a conductor, such as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or similar form.
- a device made up of this type of conductor.
- Philately.
- a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only.
- a roll of such stamps.
verb (used with object)
- to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other:
The first step of this craft is to coil a wire around a pencil.
- to wind on a flat surface into a connected series of rings, one atop the other:
He coiled the rope on the deck.
- to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops:
She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook.
verb (used without object)
- to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way:
The snake coiled, ready to strike.
- to move in or follow a winding course:
The river coiled through the valley.
coil
2[ koil ]
noun
- a noisy disturbance; commotion; tumult.
- trouble; bustle; ado.
coil
1/ ɔɪ /
verb
- to wind or gather (ropes, hair, etc) into loops or (of rope, hair, etc) to be formed in such loops
- intr to move in a winding course
noun
- something wound in a connected series of loops
- a single loop of such a series
- an arrangement of pipes in a spiral or loop, as in a condenser
- an electrical conductor wound into the form of a spiral, sometimes with a soft iron core, to provide inductance or a magnetic field See also induction coil
- an intrauterine contraceptive device in the shape of a coil
- the transformer in a petrol engine that supplies the high voltage to the sparking plugs
coil
2/ ɔɪ /
noun
- the troubles and activities of the world (in the Shakespearean phrase this mortal coil )
Derived Forms
- ˈǾ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Ǿ·· adjective
- Ǿ····ٲ [koil-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee] noun
- ܲ·Ǿ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of coil1
Origin of coil2
Word History and Origins
Origin of coil1
Origin of coil2
Example Sentences
The only treatment offered to her was a Mirena coil, and she now feels she has been "put on the back burner" with no further medication.
Logan Roy, one of the richest men on the planet, shuffles off this mortal coil in his private jet’s toilet.
“A flickering light has gone out. ‘Dennis the Menace’ has shed his mortal coil.
The shrub — reportedly named for leaves that can droop and coil like poodle fur — primarily grows in Southern California in chaparral between roughly 3,300 to 7,500 feet, on granitic slopes and ridges.
A thin, rusty coil of sun smoldered through a patch in the clouds.
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