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noun
A cogged (toothed) gear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A toy for children, comprising an artificial (usually plastic) stem and a flower that spins round in the wind like a tiny windmill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A firework that spins in the shape of a spinning wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Qualifier: pyrotechnics
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Synonyms: Catherine wheel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pastry made by laying out dough flat, smearing a topping over it and rolling it up into a spiral, then baking it, resulting in a swirl of filling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Synonyms: roll, rollup, swirl
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To spin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: catherine wheel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: firework, pyrotechnic
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pinwheel wind collector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaything, toy
noun
a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wheel
noun
perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Aeonium haworthii
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English pinwheel From pin + wheel.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
