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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wynder; equivalent to wind + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- A winding plant.
1984, J. G. Ohler, K. H. Reichelderfer, Gerald A. Carlson, Economic Guidelines for Crop Pest Control, volumes 57-60, page 165: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).
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
- A spool around which something is wound
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- Synonym: stem
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
wind + -er
Pronunciation
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
Etymology 3
Related to winnow.
Verb
winder (third-person singular simple present winders, present participle windering, simple past and past participle windered)
- To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
Etymology 4
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- Pronunciation spelling of window.
1868, Ann Sophia Stephens, Doubly False: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 piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters […]
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