loop
noun [C] /luːp/Definition
› the curved shape made when something long and thin, such as a piece of string, bends until one part of it nearly touches or crosses another part of it: belt loops a loop of string the loop of the river The tape ran in a continuous loop, repeating the same songs over and over.Bends, loops and curves › a type of IUDContraception
(Definition of loop noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- arc noun (CURVE)
- bend noun (CURVE)
- coil noun (CIRCLE)
- curve noun
- dogleg noun
- helix noun
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