Definitions
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Word origin
From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind + fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall.
Used in a sentence
“The danger from windfall is greatest to trees developed in dense stands, which are tall and have slender stems, and increases with the age of the stand.”
“They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.”
“Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Unexpected gain”8 letters
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