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Nouns (7)

roll, coil, whorl, curl, ringlet, scroll, curlicue

n. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

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Fuzzynyms (14)

corkscrew, bottle screw

n. a bottle opener that pulls corks

knot, gnarl

n. something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"

spiral, coil, volute, whorl, helix

n. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

circle

n. ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

spiral, helix

n. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

pipe, tube

n. a hollow cylindrical shape

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