English Explanatory Dictionary

coil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
  2. Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
  3. A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
  4. A cylinder of clay.
  5. Entanglement; perplexity.
verb
  1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
  2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
  3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
  4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
  5. To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
noun
  1. A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
noun
  1. A wad of cash.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser.

Pronunciation

/kɔɪl/ /kwaɪl/ en-us-coil.ogg

Word forms

coil coils coiling coiled

Etymology

From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.

Synonyms

inductor spire

Derived words

alpine coil audio coil blowout coil chokecoil choking coil coilgun coil gun coilin coilless coilover coil spring coil-sprung coil whine coil winder coily cryocoil eigencoil field coil Flemish coil head coil Helmholtz coil honeycomb coil ignition coil impedance coil inductance coil induction coil load coil loading coil microcoil mosquito coil multicoil Oudin coil overcoil pedestal coil plate number coil resistance coil Rogowski coil Ruhmkorff coil shading coil spark coil supercoil telecoil Tesla coil tickler coil upcoil voice coil coilability coilable coiler coil up intercoil uncoil mortal coil
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