How many syllables in Vane
Word
Vane
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
vane
Definition
- n. - A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the
purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is
usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some
fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it
moves freely.
- n. - Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by
the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any
form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw
propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
- n. - The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
- n. - One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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