volute
adjective
1. in the shape of a coil
Similar word(s): coiled, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, voluted, whorled
noun
1. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
Similar word(s): spiral
Definition categories: man–made, decoration, ornament, ornamentation
2. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Similar word(s): coil, helix, spiral, whorl
Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure