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nounmechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
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nounthe flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
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nounflat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
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nouna fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
Definition that contains vane
- arrow a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
- pavan music composed for dancing the pavane
- pinwheel a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
- weathercock weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster
- pavane music composed for dancing the pavane
- royal velvet plant Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
- chloris truncata perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
- wind tee weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield
- gota canal a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden
- pinwheel wind collector a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind