| NOUN | shape | whorl, coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
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| body | whorl, lock, curl, ringlet | a strand or cluster of hair | |
| artifact | whorl, coil, spiral, volute, helix | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops |
| Sounds | hhwao'rl; wao'rl; wer'l | |
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| Rhymes | birle ... whirl: 16 rhymes with erl... | |
| Meaning | A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). | |
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| Synonyms | coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | |
| Narrower | calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud |
| corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | |
| verticil | A whorl of leaves growing around a stem | |
| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Spanish | forma espiral | |
| Catalan | forma espiral | |
| Meaning | A strand or cluster of hair. | |
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| Synonyms | lock, curl, ringlet | |
| Part of | hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| Narrower | crimp | A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled |
| dreadlock | One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp | |
| forelock | A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | |
| sausage curl | A fat sausage-shaped curl | |
| Broader | hair | A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
| Spanish | bucle, caracol, chicho, mecha, onda, rizo, rulo, sortija, tirabuzón | |
| Catalan | anella, bucle, cargol, floc, onda, rínxol, ris, rull, tirabuixó | |
| Meaning | A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. | |
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| Synonyms | coil, spiral, volute, helix | |
| Narrower | hank | A coil of rope or wool or yarn |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | aduja, espiral, hélice, roleo, rosca, voluta | |
| Catalan | espiral | |
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