"pinwheel" meaning in English

See pinwheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pinwheels [plural]
Etymology: From pin + wheel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|wheel}} pin + wheel Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinwheel (plural pinwheels)
  1. An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics, Toys, Wind Translations (fake flower for children): চকৰি (sokori) (Assamese), книжна въртележка (knižna vǎrteležka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), လေစကြာ (leca.kra) (Burmese), 風車 /风车 (fēngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), větrník [masculine] (Czech), vindmølle [common-gender] (Danish), windmolentje [neuter] (Dutch), väkkärä (Finnish), moulinet [masculine] (French), moulin à vent [masculine] (French), andavía [feminine] (Galician), viraventos [masculine] (Galician), Windrad [neuter] (German), rella [feminine] (Icelandic), vindrella [feminine] (Icelandic), kincir angin (Indonesian), väkkärä (Ingrian), muileann [masculine] (Irish), girandola [feminine] (Italian), 風車 (kazaguruma) (Japanese), កង្ហារ (kang har) (Khmer), 바람개비 (baramgaebi) (Korean), pekapeka (Maori), wiatraczek [masculine] (Polish), cata-vento [masculine] (Portuguese), верту́шка (vertúška) [feminine] (Russian), veterník [masculine] (Slovak), ventolera [feminine] (Spanish), molinillo [masculine] (Spanish), molinete [masculine] (Spanish), rehilete [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), vindsnurra [common-gender] (Swedish), กังหันลม (gang-hǎn-lom) (Thai), rüzgârgülü (Turkish), chong chóng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-noun-15kENhM9 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 20 20 20 20 20 0 Disambiguation of Toys: 30 4 5 20 36 5 Disambiguation of Wind: 59 0 0 16 26 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 16 37 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 29 4 6 22 35 4 Disambiguation of 'fake flower for children': 85 1 0 11 3
  2. A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-noun-kooC-12P Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 20 20 20 20 20 0
  3. A cogged (toothed) gear. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-noun-rnqOS9gl Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 20 20 20 20 20 0
  4. A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics, Toys
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-noun-1diTSDW4 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 20 20 20 20 20 0 Disambiguation of Toys: 30 4 5 20 36 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 16 37 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 29 4 6 22 35 4
  5. Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics, Toys
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-noun-mkcnMLiY Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 20 20 20 20 20 0 Disambiguation of Toys: 30 4 5 20 36 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 16 37 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 4 6 17 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 2 4 14 43 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 2 3 18 42 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 26 4 7 23 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 4 6 23 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 25 3 7 25 37 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 9 22 36 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 27 2 4 20 44 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 5 7 20 35 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 4 7 23 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 4 6 20 39 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 4 7 23 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 4 7 22 37 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 26 4 7 23 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 26 4 6 22 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 26 5 6 22 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 29 4 6 22 35 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 4 5 22 37 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 4 5 22 37 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 26 3 6 24 37 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 26 4 7 23 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 3 9 23 36 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 4 7 23 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 4 11 20 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 3 6 26 38 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 4 5 22 37 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 26 4 6 22 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 3 5 19 40 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 3 6 23 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 25 3 6 23 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 3 6 23 37 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 25 4 6 22 38 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pinwheel flower (taxonomic: Tabernaemontana divaricata), pinwheel mushroom (taxonomic: Marasmius rotula), pinwheel sandwich, Wartenberg pinwheel

Verb

Forms: pinwheels [present, singular, third-person], pinwheeling [participle, present], pinwheeled [participle, past], pinwheeled [past]
Etymology: From pin + wheel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|wheel}} pin + wheel Head templates: {{en-verb}} pinwheel (third-person singular simple present pinwheels, present participle pinwheeling, simple past and past participle pinwheeled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To spin. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-pinwheel-en-verb-bBloL7Dc

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "kazaguruma",
          "sense": "fake flower for children",
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          "roman": "kang har",
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          "roman": "vertúška",
          "sense": "fake flower for children",
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          "sense": "fake flower for children",
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          "roman": "gang-hǎn-lom",
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          "ref": "1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, paperback edition, Penguin Books, page 125:",
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