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winder¹

  • /ˈwaɪndɚ/ US

Rhymes with -aɪndə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English wynder; equivalent to wind + -er.

noun winders

  1. A winding plant. 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).
  2. An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
  3. The person who operates such an engine.
  4. A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
  5. A spool around which something is wound.
  6. A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism

    Similar: stem

  7. One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).

winder²

  • /ˈwɪndə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪndə(ɹ)

noun winders

  1. slang A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. "Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.

winder³

Where it comes from

Related to winnow.

verb winders · windering · windered

  1. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

noun winders

  1. A winnowing fan.

winder⁴

noun winders

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of window 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 […]

Winder⁵

Where it comes from

From winder, an occupational surname for a winder of wool.

proper noun Winders · Wynder

  1. countable A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Barrow County, Georgia, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho, United States.

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@misc{winder_2026,
  title = {winder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}