volute

(noun, adjective)

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