windfall.

1. Fruit or a tree brought down by the wind.

2. An unexpected gain or favorable event, especially a financial one.

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Words that belong together

• apple windfall
• fallen-tree windfall

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She gathered the apple windfalls before they bruised in the rain.

A windfall blocked the trail where the canopy had opened.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular windfall; plural windfalls. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.