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单词 whorl
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whorl

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Examples of 'whorl' in a sentence
whorl

I looked at the top of it, thinking how I loved the small whorl on the crown where a cowlick was concealed in the thick tangle of red curls.
(noun) 
Definition
anything shaped like a coil
The plant has dense whorls of red-purple flowers.
Synonyms
swirl
spiral
Larks were rising in spirals from the ridge.
coil
Tess slung the coil of rope over her shoulder.
twist
the bare bulb hanging from a twist of flex
vortex
helix
Coil the fibre into a helix.
corkscrew

Additional synonyms

in the sense of coil
Definition
a single loop of such a series
Tess slung the coil of rope over her shoulder.
Synonyms
loop,
twist,
curl,
spiral,
twirl
in the sense of helix
Definition
a spiral
Coil the fibre into a helix.
Synonyms
spiral,
twist,
curl,
loop,
coil,
corkscrew,
gyre (literary),
curlicue,
volute
in the sense of spiral
Definition
something that follows a winding course or that has a twisting form
Larks were rising in spirals from the ridge.
Synonyms
coil,
helix,
corkscrew,
whorl,
screw,
gyre (literary),
curlicue,
volute

Nearby words of
whorl

  • whopper
  • whopping
  • whorehouse
  • whorl
  • wicked
  • wickedness
  • wide

Synonyms of 'whorl'

whorl

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of twist
Definition
something formed by or as if by twisting
the bare bulb hanging from a twist of flex
Synonyms
coil,
roll,
curl,
hank,
twine
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