Definition of pinwheels

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  • pinwheels is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • pinwheels is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • pinwheels is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of pinwheels

  • perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. aeonium haworthii
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pinwheel wind collector
  • a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. catherine wheel
  • a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim (noun)

    Examples

    1. he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'

See definition of pinwheels in Merriam Webster