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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.

Synonyms

  • Gravy
  • Godsend
  • Boom
  • Gold Rush
  • Manna From Heaven
  • Bunce
  • Bonanza

Hypernyms

  • Occurrent
  • Natural Event
  • Happening
  • Occurrence
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