pinwheel, n.
(pinwheels)
(pinwheels)
a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
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catherine wheel pinwheel
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hypernym
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
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pinwheel pinwheel wind collector
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hypernym
a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
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pinwheel
sample sentences
"he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"
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hypernym
perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
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Aeonium haworthii pinwheel