Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firewheel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: firewheel
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.

noun

A wheel of or on fire.

Example Sentences

"Ashes from the firewheels, spread through the fields, guarantee bumper crops for the coming seasons."
"Weather conditions worsened and the bombers flew into a huge electrical storm that turned their propellers into giant firewheels, as one pilot reported, and blew them all over the sky."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English firewheel From fire + wheel.

Inflected Forms

firewheels (plural)

Phrases

firewheel tree

Synonyms

Indian blanket Indian blanketflower Indian paintbrush sundance

Questions

What does firewheel mean?: Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
Where does firewheel come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English firewheel From fire + wheel.

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