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[ wind ] / wɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wind vane ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of wind vaneFirst recorded in 1715–25 Words nearby wind vanewind tee, windtight, wind tunnel, wind turbine, windup, wind vane, windward, Windward Islands, Windward Passage, windway, windy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wind vaneHe was two miles from the wind-vane offices in Westminster, but the way was easy to follow. When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells It was only slowly that it came to him that he might ask for the "wind-vane offices," whatever the "wind-vane offices" might be. When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells A little way beyond the screen, again, stood the wind-vane and anemometer. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen The people are drilled, the wind-vane police, the engineers, and half the way-gearers are with us. When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells
Words related to wind vanecock, vane, anemometer, weathercock, windsock |