WIND SOCK

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wind sock mean? 

• WIND SOCK (noun)
  The noun WIND 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: WIND SOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIND 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 ("wind sock" is a kind of...):

visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)