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Wind vane

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weathervanenounAlternative spelling of weather vane. [A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.]
vanenounA weather vane.
weather vanenounA mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
dogvanenoun(nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.
wind gaugenounAn anemometer.
weathercocknounA weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
windmeternoun(meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind.
anemoscopenounAn instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane or weathercock.
windsocknoun(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
wind conenounSynonym of windsock.
windsailnounThe sail or vane of a windmill.
windmillnounA machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
wind socknounAlternative form of windsock. [(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.]
wind enginenoun(archaic) A wind-driven machine, especially a preindustrial one.
windexnounA window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
windshaftnounThe part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
weather eyenounAn ability to predict short-term weather.
windwardnounThe direction from which the wind blows.
wingnoun(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
wind millnounRare spelling of windmill. [A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.]

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