windfall (redirected from windfalls)

wind·fall  (wndfôl)

n.

1. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain.

2. Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.

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windfall

Noun

1. a piece of unexpected good fortune, esp. financial gain

2. a fruit blown off a tree by the wind

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	windfall - fruit that has fallen from the tree edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
	2.	windfall - 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" bunce, godsend, gold rush, bonanza, manna from heaven, boom, gravy happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

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windfall

noun godsend, find, jackpot, bonanza, stroke of luck, manna from heaven, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow << OPPOSITE misfortune

Translations

windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → golpe m de suerte

windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → coup m de chance

windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] wind¹ n (money) → unverhoffter Glücksfall m;

(apple) → Fallobst nt

windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → colpo di fortuna