winding
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
winding /ˈwʌɪndɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 a twisting movement or course.
- 2 a thing that winds or is wound round something.
■ a coil of conducting wire in an electric motor, generator, etc.
'winding' also found in these Oxford entries:
autotransformer
- barranca
- capstan
- circumvolution
- esker
- helter-skelter
- meander
- newel
- self-winding
- serpentine
- slalom
- spiral
- twist
- unwind
- wentletrap
- winch
- wind
- winder
- winding sheet
- windlass
- windy
- worm
