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Definition: Windsock |
WindsockNoun1. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A Windsock is a large, conical, open bag designed to indicate wind direction and relative speed; usually used at small airports.
External Links
- National Science Digital Library - Windsock
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Windsock."
Synonyms: WindsockSynonyms: drogue (n), sock (n), wind sleeve (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Windsock |
| Specialty definitions using "windsock": AIRPORT ATTENDANT. (references) |
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| "Windsock" by Luis Alves Commentary: "A windsock. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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| "Windsock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Windsock" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
windsock | 177 |
airport windsock | 8 |
aviation windsock | 8 |
craft windsock | 7 |
windsock pole | 7 |
make windsock | 5 |
pattern windsock | 4 |
3d windsock | 3 |
fish windsock | 3 |
fiberglass pole windsock | 3 |
cherry point windsock | 2 |
bird windsock | 2 |
pig windsock | 2 |
foam windsock | 2 |
spiral windsock | 2 |
american flag windsock | 2 |
bug lady windsock | 2 |
datafiles windsock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "windsock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | vìtrný rukáv. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indsockway.(various references) | |
Russian | показатель скорости ветра. (various references) | |
Turkish | rüzgâr hortumu (windsleeve). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "windsock": windsocks. (additional references) | |
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"Windsock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hinstock, insock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-k-n-o-s-w" | |
-1 letter: cowskin. | |
-2 letters: disown, indows. | |
-3 letters: cions, coins, conks, dicks, dinks, disco, docks, downs, icons, ikons, indow, kinds, kinos, knows, nicks, nocks, oinks, scion, sicko, snick, sodic, sonic, swink, wicks, winds, winks, winos, wonks. | |
-4 letters: cion, cods, coin, coni, conk, cons, cows, dick, dink, dins, disc, disk, dock, docs, dons, down, dows, icon, ikon, inks. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-i-k-n-o-s-w" | |
+1 letter: downticks, windsocks. | |
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