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- Dictionarywindmill/ˈwɪn(d)mɪl/
noun
- 1. a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour.
verb
- 1. (with reference to a person's arms) move or be moved round in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill: "Penny slipped, windmilled her arms, and somehow kept her balance"
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a building or structure with large blades on the outside that, when turned by the force of the wind, provide electrical or mechanical power. (Definition of windmill from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain ( gristmills ), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.
The meaning of WINDMILL is a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaft; especially : a wind-driven water pump or electric generator.
Windmill definition: any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.. See examples of WINDMILL used in a sentence.
A windmill is a building with long pieces of wood on the outside which turn around as the wind blows and provide energy for a machine that crushes grain. A windmill is also a similar structure that is used to convert the power of the wind into electricity.
1. A machine that runs on the energy generated by a wheel of adjustable blades or slats rotated by the wind. 2. Something, such as a toy pinwheel, that is similar to a windmill in appearance or operation. intr. & tr.v. wind·milled, wind·mill·ing, wind·mills.
a tall, thin structure with parts that turn round, used to change the power of the wind into electricity. (British English) ( North American English pinwheel) a toy with curved plastic parts that form the shape of a flower that turns round on the end of a stick when you blow on it. Idioms.
