pinwheel
pronunciation
How to pronounce pinwheel in British English:
UK [ˈpɪnwi:l]
How to pronounce pinwheel in American English:
US [ˈpɪnˌhwil, -ˌwil]
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- Noun:
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
- circular-shaped firework; spins round and round
Word Origin
- pinwheel (n.)
- also pin-wheel, 1690s, "a wheel in the striking train of a clock in which pins are fixed to lift the hammer," from pin (n.) + wheel (n.). Fireworks sense is from 1869.