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coil /kɔ I l/ (coils , coiling , coiled )

1 N‑COUNT A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops. □ [+ of ] Tod shook his head angrily and slung the coil of rope over his shoulder. □  The steel arrives at the factory in coils.

2 N‑COUNT A coil is one loop in a series of loops. □  Pythons kill by tightening their coils so that their victim cannot breathe.

3 N‑COUNT A coil is a thick spiral of wire through which an electrical current passes.

4 N‑COUNT The coil is a contraceptive device used by women. It is fitted inside a woman's womb, usually for several months or years.

5 VERB If you coil something, you wind it into a series of loops or into the shape of a ring. If it coils around something, it forms loops or a ring. □ [V n] He turned off the water and began to coil the hose. □ [V -ed] A huge rattlesnake lay coiled on the blanket. ● PHRASAL VERB Coil up means the same as coil . □ [V n P ] Once we have the wire, we can coil it up into the shape of a spring. □ [V -ed P ] Her hair was coiled up on top of her head. [Also V P n]

coiled /kɔ I ld/ ADJ [ADJ n] Coiled means in the form of a series of loops. □  …a heavy coiled spring. □  …special coiled kettle flexes.

coin /kɔ I n/ (coins , coining , coined )

1 N‑COUNT A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money. □  …50 pence coins. □  …Frederick's gold coin collection.

2 VERB If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it. □ [V n] Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development.

3 PHRASE You say ' to coin a phrase ' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché. □  Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.

4 PHRASE You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation. □  Low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.

coin|age /kɔ I n I dʒ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Coinage is the coins which are used in a country. □  …the world's finest collection of medieval European coinage.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Coinage is the system of money used in a country. □  It took four years for Britain just to decimalise its own coinage.

co|in|cide /koʊ I nsa I d/ (coincides , coinciding , coincided )

1 VERB If one event coincides with another, they happen at the same time. □ [V + with ] The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his death. □ [V ] The beginning of the solar and lunar years coincided every 13 years.

2 VERB If the ideas or interests of two or more people coincide , they are the same. □ [V ] Our views don't always coincide, but we always voice our opinions. □ [V + with ] Our father was delighted when our opinions coincided with his own.

co|in|ci|dence /koʊ I ns I dəns/ (coincidences ) N‑VAR A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning. □  Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated to Mr. Roman's departure. □  The premises of Chabert and Sons were situated by the river and, by coincidence, not too far away from where Eric Talbot had met his death.

co|in|ci|dent /koʊ I ns I dənt/