coil

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kɔɪl/

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Noun

Singular coil

Plural coils

A coil

1. (countable) A coil is a long object in circular piles "wound continuously round one point".

   Ropes are usually stored as coils.

Verb

Plain form coil

Third-person singular coils

Past tense coiled

Past participle coiled

Present participle coiling

1. If you coil something, you wind it cylindrically or spirally around a common center.

   The machine coils the wire at a very high speed.