A snail's shell is spiral in form.
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Spiral
/ˈspaɪɹəl/
Synonyms for "spiral" (279 found)
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Closest matches (56)
acrobaticsaerobaticsambagiousanfractuousariseascendaspirebackhandedbankbankingbarred spiralbarred spiral galaxybecome airbornechandellecirclecirclingcircuitcircuiteercircuitioncircuitous
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circuitousnesscircuitrycircularcircularitycirculatecirculationcircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulatecircumambulationcircumflexioncircumlocutioncircummigratecircummigrationcircumnavigatecircumnavigationcircumventcirrusclaw skywardclose the circlecochlearcochleatecoilcoiledcome full circlecome upcompasscorkscrew
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (84)
Verb(3 words)
Noun(13 words)
corkscrewycosmic noisecrabcrabbingcurlcurl upwardscurlicuecycledescribe a circledeviancedeviancydeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviousdeviousnessdigressiondigressivedipdiscursive
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divedivingdraperyencircleencompassentwineevoluteexcursionexcursiveexcursusfeatherfishtailfishtailingflankfloatflyfly aloftgain altitudegalactic circlegalactic clustergalactic coordinatesgalactic latitudegalactic longitudegalactic nebulagalactic noisegalactic polegalaxygarlandgirdlegirdle the globeglidego aboutgo aroundgo around in circlesgo roundgo the roundgo upgrow upgyregyringhanghelicalhelicoidhelixhoverindirectindirection
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (139)
Noun(21 words)
intensifylose controlself-reinforcingspiral of declinespiral rampspiral staircasespiral-likeswirlstailspinstwisttwistedtwistingvolutevortexesvorticeswhorlwhorlswindwindingworsen
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involuteisland universekinkkitelapleave the groundlevitateloomloopmake a circuitmaneuvermeanderingmilky waymountnose diveo-shapedobliqueorbitorbitalorbiting
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out-of-the-wayplaneplowpoiseporpoisepower divepull outpull uppull-uppulloutpush downpushdownrearrear uprevolveringletriserise uprollrollingrotaryroundroundaboutroundaboutnessroundingscrewscrew-shapedscrollscrolledsideslipskidskirtsoarspheroidal galaxyspinspiral galaxyspiral nebulaspiralingspirespiroidstallstand upstuntstuntingsupergalaxysurgesurroundswarm upsweep upswirltactical maneuverstake offtendriltowerturbinalturbinateturnturningtwinetwirltwistundulateupupgoupgrowupheaveupriseupspinupstreamupsurgeupswarmupwindverticillatevia lacteavolplanevolutevolutedvolutionvortexwheelwheelingwhirlwhorlwhorledwreatheyawzoom
Adverb(1 words)
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25 entriesarchitectural elementconstructioncurvecurved shapedecorationdevelopmenteconomic processformgeometrymotionornamentornamentationpathpatternprocess
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20 entriesArchimedean spiralDNA helixcoiled springcompounding spiralconcentric spiraldebt spiraldownward spiralequiangular spiralescalating spiralhyperbolic spiralinflation spirallogarithmic spiralprice spiralscrew threadself-reinforcing spiralspiral of debt
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Collocations
11 entriesFibonacci spirallogarithmic spiralspiral armsspiral bindingspiral curvespiral formspiral galaxyspiral growthspiral motionspiral patternspiral staircase
Inflections
7 entriesDerivations
15 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.
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A spiral staircase leads onto the gallery of the church.
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A spiral galaxy is shaped like a disk. The disk tends to resemble a pinwheel with arms which spiral outward as it rotates.
Source: tatoeba (3957791)
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