Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 16 compound words that contain winding. The most common are listed below. Open winding in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- winding uppresent participle and gerund of wind up
- winding sheetA burial shroud.
- winding downpresent participle and gerund of wind down
- winding clothA burial shroud.
- winding numberThe total number of times a given curve travels counterclockwise around a specified point.
- winding engineA stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
- winding towerheadframe.
- self-windingOf a wristwatch: that does not need to be wound but rather gathers energy from being moved while worn.
- winding holeA widened area of a canal, used for turning a boat.
- damper windingA winding in a synchronous motor (in the form of a squirrel cage) that damps any oscillation caused by changes in loading
- amortisseur windingA squirrel cage winding placed near the surface of the pole faces of a synchronous motor. Its main purpose is to dampen any speed fluctuations or oscillations that may occur as a result of sudden load changes. It is also used to accelerate …
- winding backpresent participle and gerund of wind back
- winding enginesplural of winding engine: A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
- winding holesplural of winding hole: A widened area of a canal, used for turning a boat.
- winding keySynonym of clock key: A key that allows the user to wind up a clock, music box, etc.
- winding numbersplural of winding number: The total number of times a given curve travels counterclockwise around a specified point.
- winding offpresent participle and gerund of wind off
- winding sheetsplural of winding sheet: A burial shroud.
- winding towersplural of winding tower: headframe.
- winding clothsplural of winding cloth: A burial shroud.
- winding back the clockpresent participle and gerund of wind back the clock
- winding around one's little fingerpresent participle and gerund of wind around one's little finger
- winding one's neck inpresent participle and gerund of wind one's neck in
- winding up one's bottomspresent participle and gerund of wind up one's bottoms
Compound words 16
- nonwindingThat does not wind.
- windinglyWith a winding motion or pattern.
- manwindingThe transportation of workers up and down a mine by means of cages that are raised and lowered.
- multiwindingDescribing a transformer that has multiple primary and/or secondary windings
- upwindingThat winds upwards.
- windingnessThe quality of being winding (twisting, turning or sinuous).
- autowindingpresent participle and gerund of autowind
- backwindingpresent participle and gerund of backwind
- headwindingpresent participle of headwind: A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
- interwindingpresent participle and gerund of interwind