Meanings
comparative more turbinate · superlative most turbinate
- Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
- In the shape of a coil.
- anatomyOf, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
present singular third person turbinates · participle present turbinating · participle past turbinated · past turbinated
- To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA turbinal or turbinate bone.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein the shape of a coil
nounany of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinturbinatus
- Englishturbinate
From Latin turbinatus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian конусовиден, спираловиден
- конусовиден (konusoviden)shaped or spinning like a top
- спираловиден (spiraloviden)shaped like a coil
Finnish hyrrämäinen, kierukkamainen
- hyrrämäinenshaped or spinning like a top
- kierukkamainenshaped like a coil
- kierrettyshaped like a coil
- kierteinenzoology: spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter
Spanish cornete
- cornetezoology: spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter
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Cite this entry
turbinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinate
“turbinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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