vane
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6.5
- noun
- /veɪn/
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veleta
- As she decorated the rooftop, she carefully positioned the ornate vane to catch the breeze.
- weather vane
Examples
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It also shows us that there was a weather vane on the top that would have would have gone in the direction of the prevailing winds.
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Behind the sign stood a white frame house with cupolas, a widow's walk, weather vanes, and lightning rods.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's just the old weather vane.
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A weather vane on the roof?
Academic text (2010) -
After a pause, he asked, "Do you suppose I could have the little weather vane she completed about a year ago?
Fiction book (1993) -
"I wonder, Harold," she said, not looking at me, but at the weather vane, "if we will remember years from now how we felt during these days."
Fiction book (1996) -
All he could see of the schoolhouse was the weather vane; the rest of it was buried beneath the weekend's snowfall.
Fiction book (1998) -
The weather vane, made from an overturned royal orb and scepter,
Academic text (1995) -
Their square, two-story house was devoid of ornamentation except for lightning rods and a cast iron weather vane.
Fiction book (1993) -
The weather vane on the barn roof rotates to show which direction the wind is coming from.
Synonyms
1
5.6
A thing on a roof that turns to show which way the wind blows
1
3.7
A rod on a roof that turns to show wind direction
1
8.3
A metal rooster on a roof that shows which way the wind blows
A thing on a roof that turns to show which way the wind blows
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Etymology
Vane The word vane comes from an old English word fana meaning 'flag', so a weather vane is like a flat flag or plate on a roof that turns and points to show the wind's direction.