wind vane

What does wind vane mean?

wind vane means "mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind".

What is another word for wind vane?

Close synonyms include weathervane, weather vane, vane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wind vane a common word?

wind vane is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wind vane come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.