Meaning Of The Word Weather vane

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Weather vane Meaning

Weather vane Definition
Weather vane Definition

What's The Definition Of Weather vane?

weather vane
countable noun: A weather vane is a metal object on the roof of a building which turns round as the wind blows. It is used to show the direction of the wind.

weather vane in American English
a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind
a vane that swings in the wind to show the direction from which the wind is blowing

weather vane in British English
noun: a vane designed to indicate the direction in which the wind is blowing

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