windsock

Everyday

A windsock is a cloth tube on a pole that fills with wind and shows which way and how strongly the wind is blowing. tree →

In the lessons

Used at airports, airfields and on boats; in weather and science lessons about measuring wind.

Examples

• The windsock shows the pilot which way the wind blows. tree →
• When the windsock stands straight out, the wind is strong. tree →
• We made a windsock for our school weather station. tree →
• The windsock hung limp because there was no wind. tree →
• Airports have bright orange windsocks. tree →
• A windsock points away from where the wind comes from. tree →

Note

Compound: wind + sock. Trap: the windsock points in the direction the wind is going TO; a «north wind» blows FROM the north, so the windsock points south.