dumpling vs pinwheel

dumpling

noun
  • By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling. 

  • A piece of excrement. 

  • A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. 

  • A term of endearment. 

pinwheel

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To spin. 

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