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vane

About 1.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A weather vane.
  2. noun Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  3. noun The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
  4. noun A sight on a sextant or compass.
  5. noun One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

Similar words

weathervane wind vane weather vane blade web weathercock wright merrick aspa fin

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Word family

Sir Henry Vane Vane vanes

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