Spiral Definition

spīrəl
spiraled, spiraling, spiralled, spiralling, spirals
noun
spirals
A spiral curve occurring in a single plane.
Webster's New World
A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
American Heritage
A spiral curve occurring in a series of planes; helix.
Webster's New World
Something having a spiral form, as a wire for holding sheets in some notebooks.
Webster's New World
A section or segment of a spiral.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or resembling a spiral.
American Heritage
Circling around a central point in a flat, two-dimensional curve that constantly increases (or decreases) in size.
Webster's New World
Circling around a central axis in a conical or cylindrical, three-dimensional curve.
Webster's New World
Relating to or having a spiral binding.
A spiral notebook.
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verb
spiraled, spiraling, spiralled, spiralling, spirals
To move in or form a spiral.
Webster's New World
To cause to move in or form a spiral.
Webster's New World
To rise or fall with steady acceleration.
American Heritage
(figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
Her debts were spiralling out of control.
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Other Word Forms of Spiral

Noun

Singular:
spiral
Plural:
spirals

Origin of Spiral

  • Medieval Latin spīrālis of a spiral from Latin spīra coil spire2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Via Medieval Latin spiralis from Latin spira

    From Wiktionary

Spiral Sentence Examples

  • She tucked the pencil in the spiral part of her tablet.

  • A spiral stairway leads from the base of this pedestal to the torch.

  • He looked up to see the boy standing above him, holding out a small spiral notebook.

  • F, Fixed coil; D, Movable coil; S, Spiral spring; T, Torsion head; MM, Mercury cups; I, Index needle.

  • Club-shaped hydranths with numerous tentacles, generally scattered irregularly, sometimes with a spiral arrangement, or in whorls (" verticillate ").

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Words Starting With

SSPSPI

Words Ending With

LALRAL

Unscrambles

spiral

Words Starting With S and Ending With L

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With L