Thesaurus: windfall

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1. n. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.
2. n. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
3. n. fruit that has fallen from the tree
4. n. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
5. 1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden." Bacon. 2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.
6. n:100 n. fruit that has fallen from the tree