spiral

noun/ˈspaɪrəl/

Frequency rank: #5,089 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a curve that winds around a central point, moving farther away with each turn.

Illustration for the English word “spiral”

Example sentence

The staircase in the old castle wound upward in a beautiful spiral pattern.

Synonyms & related words

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