wind farm

noun

: an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines for driving electrical generators

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The town of 7,700 people already serves as a critical node to transmit renewable energy from distant solar and wind farms to urban areas. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 Workers were inside the central hub of the wind farm, a large gray substation. ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 Just last month, his government paid a French energy company $1 billion to abandon two giant East Coast wind farm projects and use the check to invest in oil and gas projects instead. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 With millions of kilowatts of early-generation Chinese wind farms expected to retire over the next few years, the overlap of desert locations and wind farms creates a ready supply of material. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1973

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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