AIR SOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air sock mean? 

• AIR SOCK (noun)
  The noun AIR SOCK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AIR SOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR SOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

air-sleeve; air sock; drogue; sock; wind cone; wind sleeve; wind sock; windsock

Hypernyms ("air sock" is a kind of...):

visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)