Words / A1

WINDS-ok/ˈwɪndsɒk/

A windsock is a cloth tube on a pole, often at an airfield or on a hill; the open end shows which way the wind is blowing. Countable: a windsock, windsocks. Write one word: windsock. A flag is flat and shows a country or a team; a windscreen is the front window of a car. Mix-up: wind + sock (the thing on your foot) as two clothes/weather words.

Meaning

A cloth tube on a pole at an airfield, that shows which way the wind is blowing.

Examples

• “The windsock is pointing east.”
• “Look at the windsock before you fly the kite.”
• “The windsock is hanging down — there is no wind.”

Good to know

a windsock (one word, wind direction). Contrast: flag (flat, country), windscreen (car window). Mix-up: sock.

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