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wind vanes

wind vanes is the plural of wind vane.

Meaning of wind vane

Noun

wind vane (plural wind vanes)

  1. A vane turned by the wind, a weather vane.
    • Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 227, photo caption

Questions about wind vanes

What is wind vanes the plural of?
Wind vanes is the plural of wind vane.

Words near wind vanes in the dictionary

  1. wind turbines
  2. wind up
  3. wind up one's bottoms
  4. wind ups
  5. wind vane
  6. wind vanes
  7. wind'ard
  8. wind-bell
  9. wind-bells
  10. wind-blown
  11. wind-board

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