"winnowing fan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: winnowing fans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} winnowing fan (plural winnowing fans)
  1. A specially shaped winnowing basket, in which grain is shaken in the process of winnowing, with the shape of the basket allowing the chaff to spill out more readily.
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  2. Any fan device, including those electrically powered, used in winnowing. Translations (fan used to separate chaff from grain): πτύον (ptúon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), λίκνον (líknon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), քամհար (kʻamhar) (Armenian), hövsər (Azerbaijani), gwentell [feminine] (Breton), 風車 (Chinese Mandarin), 风车 (fēngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), löyhytin (Finnish), van [masculine] (French), 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (winþiskaurō) [feminine] (Gothic), (mi) (Japanese), gĩtarũrũ [class-7] (Kikuyu), vannus [feminine] (Latin), ventilābrum [neuter] (Latin), منشار (minşar) (Ottoman Turkish), wiejadło [neuter] (Polish), ве́ялка (véjalka) [feminine] (Russian), ungo (Swahili), uteo (Swahili), vindsikt [common-gender] (Swedish), gwyntyll (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-winnowing_fan-en-noun-m13bEZM3 Disambiguation of 'fan used to separate chaff from grain': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: winnowing basket, winnowing shovel, winnowing fork, winnowing machine, winnower

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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