windmill
[ wind-mil ]
/ ˈwɪndˌmɪl /
noun
any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.
(loosely) a wind generator; wind plant.
Aeronautics.
a small air turbine with blades, like those of an airplane propeller, exposed on a moving aircraft and driven by the air, used to operate gasoline pumps, radio apparatus, etc.
an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote): to tilt at windmills.
verb (used with or without object)
Aeronautics.
(of a propeller engine or turbojet engine) to rotate or cause to rotate solely under the force of a passing airstream.
Words nearby windmill
windjammer,
windlass,
windle,
windless,
windlestraw,
windmill,
windmill grass,
windom peak,
window,
window back,
window blind
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British Dictionary definitions for windmill
windmill
/ (ˈwɪndˌmɪl, ˈwɪnˌmɪl) /
noun
verb
Idioms and Phrases with windmill
windmill
see tilt at windmills.