Definitions for whorl

Overview of noun whorl

The noun whorl has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll

(a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))

2. lock, curl, ringlet, whorl

(a strand or cluster of hair)

3. coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix

(a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope")