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uncoiled

uncoiled adjective: not coiled. Also the simple past and past participle of uncoil.

Adjective

uncoiled (not comparable)

  1. Not coiled
    • Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled[…]1946, Joseph Augustine Cushman, The larger fossil Foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone

Also used as

uncoiled is also the simple past and past participle of uncoil.

Origin of uncoiled

From un- + coiled.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about uncoiled

What does uncoiled mean?
Uncoiled means not coiled.
What part of speech is uncoiled?
Uncoiled is an adjective.

Words near uncoiled in the dictionary

  1. uncoiffured
  2. uncoifing
  3. uncoifs
  4. uncoil
  5. uncoilable
  6. uncoiled
  7. uncoiler
  8. uncoiling
  9. uncoilings
  10. uncoils
  11. uncoin

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