| NOUN | artifact | vane, weathervane, weather vane, wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure |
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| artifact | vane | a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it | |
| artifact | vane, blade | flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | |
| animal | vane, web | the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft |
| Sounds | vey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind. | |
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| Synonyms | weathervane, weather vane, wind vane | |
| Narrower | weathercock | weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster |
| wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield | |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | veleta | |
| Catalan | penell | |
| Meaning | A fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | arrow | A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other |
| missile | A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives | |
| Broader | fin | A stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish |
| Meaning | Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water. | |
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| Synonym | blade | |
| Part of | helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater | An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades |
| oar | An implement used to propel or steer a boat | |
| propeller, propellor | A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | |
| turbine | rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | |
| windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds | |
| Narrower | fan blade | blade of a rotating fan |
| impeller | The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine) | |
| paddle | A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | |
| rudder blade | The vertical blade on a rudder | |
| Broader | rotating mechanism | A mechanism that rotates |
| Spanish | aspa | |
| Catalan | aspa | |
| Meaning | The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | web | |
| Part of | feather, plume, plumage | The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
| Parts | barb | One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather |
| Broader | blade | A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) |
| Spanish | aspa, vexilo | |
| Catalan | aspa | |
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