pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector
(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
pinwheel
(noun) a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; “he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on ‘Go’”
pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii
(noun) perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pinwheel (plural pinwheels)
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
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.
pinwheel (third-person singular simple present pinwheels, present participle pinwheeling, simple past and past participle pinwheeled)
To spin.
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
