whorl – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
whorl
n.
spiral or circular arrangement of leaves or flowers (Botany); spiral (of a shell, fingerprint, etc.)
Whorl
A whorl is a type of spiral or circular pattern.
whorl
Noun
1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
(synonym) coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) corolla
2. a strand or cluster of hair
(synonym) lock, curl, ringlet
(hypernym) hair
(hyponym) sausage curl
(part-holonym) hairdo, hair style, coiffure
3. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
(synonym) coil, spiral, volute, helix
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) hank
Whorl
(n. & v.)
The fly of a spindle.
(n. & v.)
A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
(n. & v.)
A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
whorl
Synonyms and related words:
cirrus, coil, contort, corkscrew, crinkle, curl, curlicue, eddy, evolute, gurge, gyre, helix, intort, involute, kink, meander, purl, ringlet, roll, scallop, screw, scroll, serpentine, slink, snake, spiral, swirl, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whirlpool, wind, worm, wring
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
