windmill
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- noun
- /ˈwɪndˌmɪl/
:
molino de viento
- Another scheme combines the restoration of the salt marsh with eight windmills for energy.
- windmills pump water
- water pumped by windmills
- an old windmill
Well, since we've been here, we've learned that Kinder Dyke is a whole bunch of windmills, walking paths and water.
- Well, since we've been here, we've learned that Kinder Dyke is a whole bunch of windmills, walking paths and water.
- So the, the sun hits solar panels or wind hits windmills.
- On one hand, he's he's not wrong in that windmills are a lot more expensive than things like natural gas, solar or geothermal energy.
- Shorts with little socks, the mills with the windmills, going boots, beautiful flowers.
- Where can you see some windmills?
- And from across the room, Shoemaker goes, somebody, dude, hey, we always talk about how Trump says windmills cause cancer.
Examples
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The small island of Ios does have windmills, some of them very photogenic and worth finding.
Academic text (2006) -
We will drive all the cars in Denmark from windmills, not from oil in Israel.
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And slowly, very slowly the windmill began to take shape.
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There was a time you could see a windmill whichever way you looked.
Academic text (2006) -
So for a while, they stood below the windmill in the failing light.
Fiction book (1998) -
Snowball: If we build a windmill, we can make our own electricity.
Fiction book (1999) -
The beauties of the old Dutch windmills have fascinated artists for several centuries.
Academic text (2006) -
A short stroll to higher ground will reveal some very well-preserved windmills, now used as homes, surrounded by colorful gardens.
Academic text (2006) -
From the aesthetic, the historical, and the technical point of view, windmills exert a special fascination on the spectator.
Academic text (2006) -
The windmill was built to grind grain into flour for the village.
Synonyms
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A machine that uses moving water, steam, or air to turn blades and make power
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A machine with blades turned by wind to make electricity
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A machine that uses wind to make electricity
A machine like a wind turbine that makes electricity from the wind
Idioms
To make a big decision you cannot change that may be risky
Compounds
- Australian
An Australian grass that lives for many years and has long spikes like a windmill
- Australian
A grass from Australia that lives for many years and has long spikes from the stalk like a windmill
How Powerful
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Windmill is simply wind + mill, and a mill is a machine for 'grinding' grain. So a windmill is a mill turned by the 'wind', which is why it makes power or pumps water.