Windfall (Noun)
Meaning 1
Fruit that has fallen from the tree.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The children loved collecting the windfall apples from the orchard floor to make a fresh pie.
- After the storm, the farmer surveyed the damage and was pleased to see a bountiful windfall of ripe peaches.
- The garden was filled with a colorful windfall of juicy plums, cherries, and apricots, ready to be eaten or preserved.
- The family would often go on a walk to collect the windfall fruit from the nearby trees to make a delicious fruit salad.
- The strong gusts of wind had caused a windfall of pears, which the children eagerly gathered up to make a tasty pear crisp.
Meaning 2
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.