vane

Nouns

  • (n) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind weathervane, weather vane, wind vane,
  • (n) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
  • (n) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water blade,
  • (n) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft web,

Synonyms

weathervane weather vane wind vane blade web

Words of close approximity

vac van var var. vas vat
vain vale Vali vamp vara vary vase vast Vaux Vayu
vaned Vanellus Vanern Vanessa Vanessa atalanta Vanessa Bell Vanessa Stephen Vanessa virginiensis