'weather vane' definitions:
Definition of 'weather vane'
From: WordNet
noun
Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind [syn: weathervane, weather vane, vane, wind vane]
Synonyms of 'weather vane'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerological instrument,
- anemograph,
- anemometer,
- anemometrograph,
- anemoscope,
- aneroid barometer,
- aneroidograph,
- April showers,
- barograph,
- barometer,
- barometrograph,
- chameleon,
- cloud shapes,
- cock,
- feeler,
- glass,
- hurricane-hunter aircraft,
- hygrometer,
- kaleidoscope,
- mercury,
- moon,
- pilot balloon,
- probe,
- Proteus,
- quicksilver,
- radiosonde,
- random sample,
- recording barometer,
- rolling stone,
- sample,
- shifting sands,
- sound,
- sounder,
- straw vote,
- the weather,
- trial balloon,
- vacuometer,
- vane,
- water,
- weather balloon,
- weather instrument,
- weather satellite,
- weathercock,
- weatherglass,
- wheel of fortune,
- whirligig,
- wind cone,
- wind indicator,
- wind sock,
- wind vane,
- wind-speed indicator