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Word entry · 4 letters

vane

Best crossword clue

"Weather pointer"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /veɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aenvStarts with VEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1V2A3N4E

Definitions

  1. A flat part or pointer moved by wind, often on a weather vane.

Word origin

From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”).

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01Weather pointer4 letters
02Weathercock pointer4 letters

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