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Meanings of catherine wheel in English

Portuguese
cata-vento
Spanish
fuegos artificiales giratorios

A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire.

cata-vento
Synonyms
Examples for "pinwheel"
Examples for "pinwheel"
1
Playing still with pinwheel tortillas, but thus far, they've been low rent.
The lost recipe for happiness
2
He followed her on through a region of vertigo, a pinwheel path.
For Love Of Evil
3
A pinwheel had exploded, sending a shower of sparks in every direction.
Holiday Stories for Young People
4
Hundreds of knights whirled their mounts in a slow-moving pinwheel, lances bristling.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
5
The Hales presented every child in the village with a pinwheel beanie.
The new yorker
Usage of catherine wheel in English
1
My heaven would coruscate like a catherine wheel, with white-hot star-stones.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
2
She kept on laughing the whole time she spun-like a catherine wheel that laughs instead of splutters.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
3
But the quick-spinning catherine wheel of the first half of the year swiftly lost momentum in the second half.
The Guardian
4
He could set off rockets and Roman candles and Catherine wheels.
New Faces
5
The world, on fire, turned like a monstrous Catherine wheel within his brain.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
6
Why do they build hotels that go round and round like catherine wheels?
The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories of the Four Million
7
The sparks spread over the sky like a Catherine wheel whirling into life.
Cities in Flight
8
So expect hairpin bends, musical Catherine wheels and all manner of witty musical curlicues.
The Irish Times
9
Wild asters burned rosily, like small Catherine wheels half extinguished.
The Port of Adventure
10
They were triangular in cross-section, and joined together in the centre like a Catherine Wheel.
Slow decay
11
A spiral rune on the demon's forehead glowed red and spun like a Catherine wheel.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
12
As if any one would expect him to have a burning Catherine wheel in his button-hole.
All Things Considered
13
But the Catherine Wheel shook her head.
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
14
Catherine wheels and rockets, fountains and Roman candles, flying spinners and snakes spun off from every floor.
The Magician
15
Crayfishes have sperm that resemble Catherine wheels.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
16
My mother was the most celebrated Catherine Wheel of her day, and was renowned for her graceful dancing.
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
Translations for catherine wheel
Portuguese
cata-vento