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windway

windway noun: the portion of a wind instrument through which the air is blown.

Noun

windway (plural windways)

  1. The portion of a wind instrument through which the air is blown.
  2. (historical) A wind road; a ventilation route in a mine.

Forms of windway

pluralwindways

Origin of windway

From wind + way.

Questions about windway

What does windway mean?
Windway means the portion of a wind instrument through which the air is blown.
What part of speech is windway?
Windway is a noun.
What is the plural of windway?
The plural of windway is windways.

Words near windway in the dictionary

  1. windwardmost
  2. windwardness
  3. windwards
  4. windwatt
  5. windwatts
  6. windway
  7. windways
  8. windwheel
  9. windwheels
  10. windwise
  11. windworn

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