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Vane

Noun CEFR B1
veɪn

Definitions

  1. A weather vane.
  2. A surname.
  3. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  4. The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
  5. A sight on a sextant or compass.
  6. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

Equivalents

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Bahasa Indonesiasudu
Kurdîpalepena
Portuguêsaletavexilo
Српскиbanderapalapalepenasudu
Svenskaskena

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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