SPIRAL


Meaning of SPIRAL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ vicious

▪ downward , upward

▪ deflationary , inflationary

▪ wage-price

▪ death ( AmE , figurative )

The company has entered a death ~.

VERB + SPIRAL

▪ create , trigger

There is a risk that the policy may trigger an inflationary ~.

▪ continue

The economy continued its downward ~.

▪ halt , stop

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

to halt the vicious downward ~ of drug abuse

II.

adj.

Spiral is used with these nouns: ↑ curl , ↑ dive , ↑ galaxy , ↑ notebook , ↑ stair , ↑ staircase

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .