Definition of pinwheel Pinwheel

pin•wheel

We found 10 definitions of pinwheel from 4 different sources.

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What does pinwheel mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pinwheels

pinwheel - perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
  Aeonium haworthii
  subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
pinwheel - a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
  pinwheel wind collector
pinwheel - a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"
pinwheel - a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
  catherine wheel
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pinwheel (Noun)
    A fake flower with the stump, usually in plastic, for children; the flower spins round in the wind.
  • pinwheel (Noun)
    A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
  • pinwheel (Noun)
    A cogged toothed gear.
  • pinwheel (Verb)
    To spin.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • pinwheel
    A toy made of a wheel of paper or plastic curls attached at its axle to a stick, that spins when blown upon by a person or by the wind.

Part of speech

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  • pinwheel, verb, present, 1st person singular of pinwheel (infinitive).
  • pinwheel, verb (infinitive).
  • pinwheel, noun, singular of pinwheels.

Pronunciation

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Sign Language

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