uncoiled

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adjective

Not coiled

Similar
straightuncurled
Opposite
coiled
OriginEnglish coiled ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

uncoiled1

adjectiveuncoiled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

uncoiled2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of uncoil

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveno longer coiled

Similar
straightuncurled
Opposite
coiled
Also see
straightuncurled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

uncoiled · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcoiled
  9. Englishuncoiled

From un- + coiled.

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uncoiled · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

uncoiled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoiled

MLA

“uncoiled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoiled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncoiled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoiled.

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