wind farm
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3.7
- noun
- /wɪnd fɑrm/
- Specialized
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parque eólico
- In Texas, a new wind farm has been built to generate clean electricity for thousands of homes.
- offshore wind farms
- large wind farm
It is so cheap that a utility can't compete on a natural gas standpoint or coal with the wind farms.
- It is so cheap that a utility can't compete on a natural gas standpoint or coal with the wind farms.
- And particularly he's now got the sea bed around Britain is making absolute fortune from wind farms because they are all in Crown Estate land.
Examples
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Many countries are investing in wind farms to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
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For instance, the effects of a wind farm are immediately visible and sometimes audible to local residents.
Academic text (1994) -
So there are a number of big wind farms along in California that look like this.
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I still don't want a big ugly wind farm in the beautiful countryside where I live.
Blog text (11) -
Others have proposed a "green certification" program to encourage environmentally friendly wind farms.
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Imagine engineering teams working at offshore or high-altitude wind farms that deliver streams of electricity to global markets.
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More than half of China's wind farms go unused because they are not connected to the grid.
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Meanwhile, Peru is getting its first large-scale wind farms, the largest on the continent outside of Brazil.
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An added benefit of siting wind farms farther from shore is that the exploitable wind resource is superior.
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Organized tours are available, images of wind farms adorn many local postcards, and brochures advertise the Palm Springs wind industry.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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4.0
A place with many turbines that make electricity from wind
A place with tall machines that use wind to make electricity
How Big
- Specialized
17
3.7
- Specialized
34
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area of wind turbines generating electricity' is directly derivable from combining 'wind' (moving air) and 'farm' (a place for producing or cultivating something). This noun+noun composition matches common patterns like 'fish farm' or 'solar farm', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Wind farm: The name wind farm comes from the image of a field full of tall turbines that look like rows of crops because wind is the resource and farm suggests a place that 'produces' something. So a wind farm is an area with many turbines that 'produce' 'electricity'.