windmill

Speech parts

1. windmill - Noun

2. windmill - Verb

Meaning

A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pinwheel aeolian moulin mill gyroscope vane dynamo augur chopper wind draft wheel fan blade leaf
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Antonyms

real estate

Hypernyms

mill generator grinder milling machinery

Phrases with the word

throw one's cap over the windmill horizontal-axis windmill windmill tower

Examples

Another Don Quijote Illustration by Gustave Doré, this one is of the famous windmill scene. Source: Internet

As expected, there were a LOT of terribly uncomfortable sex jokes — mostly revolving around Peter and Hannah’s windmill experience last season — and a handful of flying puns. Source: Internet

And that’s not all: One of the contestants this year was so taken by the reference, she dressed up as a windmill for her introduction (windmill, but make it fashion). Source: Internet

Fleeing, he ducks into a windmill where he crashes into a mirror. Source: Internet

A wider view of the windmill was rendered on a Leavesden soundstage set with a quarter-scale windmill, complete with rotating vanes, painted sky backdrop and special-effects fire. Source: Internet

For the final shot of the burning mill exploding, the quarter-scale windmill and painted backdrop were erected against the outside wall of the "flight shed", a spacious hangar on the far side of Leavesden Studios. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

windlike windling windmeter windmill grass windmill restart windmill tower