weather vane
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈwɛðər veɪn/
:
veleta
- As the storm approached, I watched the weather vane turn to show the wind's direction.
- weather vane shaped like a rooster
- iron weather vane
- copper weather vane
Examples
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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) -
I found that balloon twirling around my weather vane.
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It's just the old weather vane.
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A weather vane on the roof?
Academic text (2010) -
"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 indicated that the wind was coming from the north.
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During the storm, the weather vane twisted wildly as the wind changed direction.
Synonyms
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6.5
A flat metal shape on a roof that turns to show wind direction
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5.1
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength, often at airports
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5.6
A thing on a roof that turns to show which way the wind blows
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7.7
A tool that measures how fast the wind moves and which way it blows
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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
A T-shaped post at an airfield that shows wind direction to pilots
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength
A tool that measures and records the speed and direction of the wind
A tool that shows how fast the wind blows and which way it comes from
A device that measures and records wind speed and direction
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from its parts: a 'vane' is a plate that turns to show wind direction and 'weather' relates to atmospheric/wind conditions, so 'weather vane' naturally denotes an instrument that indicates wind direction. This is a common noun–noun composition found across languages and follows transparent compositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Weather vane comes from a simple picture: a vane (a metal shape, often a rooster) sits on a roof and turns to point toward the wind. That's why the name means 'a device that shows which way the wind is blowing'.