coil
noun/kɔɪl/
/kɔɪl/
- a series of circles formed by winding up a length of rope, wire, etc.
- The device consisted of a coil of copper wire, connected at either end to two electrodes.
- a coil of rope
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tight
- thick
- in a coil
- coil of
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- one circle of rope, wire, etc. in a series
- Shake the rope and let the coils unwind.
- In her dream the snake wrapped its coils around her.
- thick coils of blonde hair
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tight
- thick
- in a coil
- coil of
- a length of wire, wound into circles, that can carry electricity
- (also IUD)an intrauterine device (= a small plastic or metal object placed inside a woman’s uterus to stop her becoming pregnant)
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a verb): from Old French coillir, from Latin colligere ‘gather together’, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.
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