wind farm

noun

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

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As offshore wind farms become increasingly larger and more dense, this moves beyond the familiar military/air-traffic-radar debate and into whether coastal vessel-tracking systems can reliably see small craft moving among turbines. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 Last month, a federal judge ordered the Department of Defense to move forward with processing applications for wind farm licenses that had been held up over ostensible national security concerns. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Skou pointed to freight forwarding giant DSV, which uses drones to move spare parts to offshore wind farms and between data centers. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 The Block Island Wind Farm, a five-turbine test project that was the first offshore wind farm in America, was completed a decade ago. — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

Word History

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 3 Oct. 2026.

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