English noun: windfall | |||
1. | windfall (food) fruit that has fallen from the tree | ||
Broader (hypernym) | edible fruit | ||
2. | windfall (event) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | ||
Samples | The demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line. | ||
Synonyms | bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven | ||
Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||