If you want to know which direction the wind is blowing, just look at the windsock.
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Windsock
Synonyms for "windsock" (10 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(4 words)
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9 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 14 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- windkous noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Catalan
1 entries- mànega de vent noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Danish
1 entries- vindpose noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Dutch
1 entries- windzak noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Finnish
1 entries- tuulipussi noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
French
1 entries- manche à air noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
German
1 entries- Windsack noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Greek
1 entries- ανεμούριο noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Italian
4 entries- calza a vento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- calzino a vento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- cono a vento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- manica a vento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Korean
1 entries- 바람자루 noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Māori
1 entries- pīwari kai hau noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Polish
1 entries- rękaw noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Portuguese
1 entries- biruta noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Spanish
4 entries- anemoscopio noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- cono de viento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- manga catavientos noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
- manga de viento noun (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The wind made the windsock point straight up.
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