coil

coil is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
2. transitive verb. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
3. intransitive verb. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
4. noun. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
5. noun. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
6. noun. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
7. noun. A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
8. noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms: helix, spiral, volute, whorl

9. noun. reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
10. noun. tubing that is wound in a spiral
11. noun. a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
12. noun. a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
13. noun. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

    Synonyms: curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl

14. verb. wind around something in coils or loops

    Synonyms: curl, loop

15. verb. make without a potter's wheel

    "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

    Synonyms: handbuild

16. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: gyrate, spiral

Synonyms

helix, spiral, volute, whorl, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, loop, handbuild, gyrate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in coil:

clio, coli, loci

Common word forms

coils, coiled, coiler, coiling

Words from these letters

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