Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Broader
visual signal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans windkous
- windkoustube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Bulgarian ветропоказа́телен ръка́в, ветропоказа́телен чува́л
- ветропоказа́телен ръка́в (vetropokazátelen răkáv)tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- ветропоказа́телен чува́л (vetropokazátelen čuvál)tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Catalan mànega de vent
- mànega de venttube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Danish vindpose
- vindposetube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Dutch windzak
- windzaktube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Finnish tuulipussi
- tuulipussitube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
French manche à air, manche à vent
- manche à airtube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- manche à venttube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
German Windsack
- Windsacktube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Greek ανεμούριο
- ανεμούριο (anemoúrio)tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Italian manica a vento, calzino a vento
- manica a ventotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- calzino a ventotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- calza a ventotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- cono a ventotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Korean 바람자루
- 바람자루 (baramjaru)tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Māori pīwari kai hau
- pīwari kai hautube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Norwegian Bokmål vindpølse, vaker
- vindpølsetube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- vakertube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Polish rękaw
- rękawtube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Portuguese biruta
- birutatube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Spanish manga de viento, cono de viento
- manga de vientotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- cono de vientotube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
- manga catavientostube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed
Cite this entry
APA
windsock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsock
MLA
“windsock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsock. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windsock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsock.
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