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pinwheel

noun

1 pinwheel

Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels.

synonym: Aeonium haworthii.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration; volutation, circination, turbination, ... show more

2 pinwheel

A wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim.

3 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.

synonym: pinwheel wind collector.

Polish: wiatraczek

4 pinwheel

A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire.

synonym: catherine wheel.


Moby thesaurus: agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, doll, doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, hobbyhorse, jack-in-the-box ... show more.

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