curls

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  2. noun American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
  3. noun a strand or cluster of hair

Synonyms

coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll

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