winder — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

A winding plant.

Two types of leguminous crops combine most of the above mentioned favourable characteristics, the vines (creepers or winders, fig. 23) and the bushes (fig. 22).

2

An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.

3

The person who operates such an engine.

4

A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.

5

A spool around which something is wound.

noun

1

A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.

"Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.

verb

1

To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

Collocations

2

ADJ.

considered

WINDER + NOUN

piece

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven

key

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Two types of leguminous crops combine most of the above mentioned favourable characteristics, the vines (creepers or winders, fig. 23) and the bushes (fig. 22).

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02

"Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house

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03

That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder, which piece I took off that morning, and which pi

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04

Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, winder is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.