windmill
pronunciation
How to pronounce windmill in British English:
UK [ˈwɪndmɪl]
How to pronounce windmill in American English:
US [ˈwɪndˌmɪl]
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- Noun:
- a mill that is powered by the wind
- generator that extracts usable energy from winds
Word Origin
- windmill (n.)
- c. 1300, from wind (n.1) + mill (n.). Similar formation in German Windmühle, Dutch windmolen, French moulin à vent. Verb meaning "to swing the arms wildly" is recorded from 1888. Related: Windmilled; windmilling.
Example
- 1. He shouted , waving his long arms like a windmill .
- 2. He mimics the sound of a 55-metre-long rotor whirling round a windmill 's mast .
- 3. Most others use the principle of an underwater windmill whose rotors are turned by the tide .
- 4. The staff quickly began to slander the windmill inn ; their hotel was apparently much better .
- 5. The american windmill , as it was called , was simple and western and rugged .