HyperDic: weather_vane

English > 1 sense of the expression weather vane:
NOUNartifactweather vane, weathervane, vane, wind vanemechanical device attached to an elevated structure
English > weather vane: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningmechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.
Synonymsweathervane, vane, wind vane
Narrowerweathercockweathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster
wind teeweather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield
Broadermechanical devicemechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
Spanishveleta
Catalanpenell

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