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windsock

windsock noun: a large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

windsock: a large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used...
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Noun

windsock (plural windsocks)

  1. A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

Synonyms of windsock

Forms of windsock

pluralwindsocks
alternative formwind sock

Origin of windsock

From wind + sock.

Questions about windsock

What does windsock mean?
Windsock means a large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
What part of speech is windsock?
Windsock is a noun.
What is the plural of windsock?
The plural of windsock is windsocks.

Words near windsock in the dictionary

  1. windslabs
  2. windsled
  3. windsleds
  4. windsnap
  5. windsnaps
  6. windsock
  7. windsocks
  8. windsome
  9. Windsor
  10. Windsor and Maidenhead
  11. Windsor bean

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