wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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States can still finance these port upgrades themselves and pursue their offshore wind turbine dreams. Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 The department has opened numerous probes into the national security ramifications of imports of wind turbines, airplanes, semiconductors, heavy trucks, polysilicon, copper, timber and lumber and critical minerals. Reuters 12 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that should hold pencils and schoolbooks hammer rocks and search for the minerals that power electric vehicle batteries, solar cells, and wind turbines. Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025 The basic components of a wind turbine are the visible tower and rotor blades, as well as the gearbox and generator located at the top of the tower. Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind turbine

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wind turbine was in 1909

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“Wind turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20turbine. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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