SPIRAL
Scrabble letter values: S1P3I1R1A1L1 = 8
Definition
- adjective in the shape of a coil. — synonyms: coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course. — synonyms: gyrate, coil
- verb form a spiral.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course. — synonyms: corkscrew
- noun a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center.
- noun a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle. — synonyms: helix
- noun a continuously accelerating change in the economy.
- noun ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center. — synonyms: volute
- noun a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. — synonyms: coil, volute, whorl, helix
- noun flying downward in a helical path with a large radius.
Examples
- “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”