pinwheel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
    Aeonium haworthii.
  2. noun 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'
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
    catherine wheel.

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