spiral
nounUK /ˈspaɪ.rəl/
US /ˈspaɪ.rəl/
A spiral is a line that keeps curling around and around.
The snail's shell has a beautiful spiral shape.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A situation that keeps getting worse and worse.
Prices went into a downward spiral.
3. To move in a curling, circling way.
The leaves spiraled down from the tree.
4. A shape that winds around a center point.
She drew a spiral on the paper.