whorl
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
whorl
/ˈwɚl/
/ˈworəl/
noun
plural
whorls
whorl
/ˈwɚl/
/ˈworəl/
noun
plural
whorls
Britannica Dictionary definition of WHORL
[count]
1
:
something that turns or goes around in a circle
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a whorl of smoke
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the whorls and eddies of the river
2
:
a pattern that is made by a series of circles that turn around a center point
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the whorl of a fingerprint
3
technical
:
an arrangement of leaves, petals, etc., that forms a circle around a stem
