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Wind Sock

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Noun

1. air sock, air-sleeve, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock

a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wind Sock

see synonyms of wind sock
noun
a truncated cone of textile mounted on a mast so that it is free to rotate about a vertical axis: used, esp at airports, to indicate the local wind direction
. Also called: air sock, drogue, wind sleeve, wind cone

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Wind Sock

see synonyms of wind sock
noun
a long, cone-shaped cloth bag, open at both ends and attached to the top of a mast, as at an airfield, to show wind direction
: also called wind sleeve

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wind Sock

see synonyms of wind sock
n.
A large cone-shaped bag that is open at both ends and attached to a stand by a pivot to indicate the direction of the wind. Also called air sock, wind cone, wind sleeve.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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