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vane

Vane is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter V and ends with the letter E for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal or slip of wood often cut into some fanciful form and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
(n.) Any flat extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as the vane of a windmill; hence a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water air or other fluid; as the vane of a screw propeller a fan blower an anemometer etc.
(n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
(n.) One of the sights of a compass quadrant etc.

Syllable Information

The word vane is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for vane is: vane


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