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Weatherglass

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An instrument, such as a barometer, designed to indicate changes in atmospheric conditions.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, such as a barometer or baroscope.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An instrument dessigned to indicate the state of the atmosphere.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure

Word Usage

"The still air was being stirred now by a strangely warm wind and every look at the weatherglass confirmed that the mercury shrank inside its four-foot tube."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

barometer

Cross Reference

poor man's weather-glass

Same Context

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