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- DictionaryPin·wheel/ˈpinˌ(h)wēl/
noun
- 1. a child's toy consisting of a stick with colored vanes that twirl in the wind.
verb
- 1. spin or rotate like a pinwheel: "his car pinwheeled into a barrier"
a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire; a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick… See the full definition
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a small item to eat that is made by rolling up a flat piece of pastry, bread, or other food with some kind of other food spread on top, and slicing it into thin circles : Place the pinwheels about 1-inch apart on the baking sheet.
Pinwheel definition: a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.. See examples of PINWHEEL used in a sentence.
What does the word pinwheel mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pinwheel. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in North American English. pinwheel has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
A pinwheel is a spinning toy that looks like a flower on a stick. Blow on it or run through the garden with one and watch it spin. Some things, like peppermints, have a pinwheel pattern.
1. A toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic pinned to a stick so that they revolve when blown on. 2. A firework that forms a rotating wheel of colored flames. Also called catherine wheel. 3. A wheel with a circle of pins at right angles to its face, used as a tripping device.
a toy with curved plastic parts that form the shape of a flower which turns round on the end of a stick when you blow on it.
