wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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Anthony set off for the edge of the North China Plain, where gargantuan wind turbine blades on trucks took what felt like an eternity to pass on the roads. Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025 The Vineyard Wind project had been using the Port of New Bedford as a wind turbine manufacturing hub, offering a close and direct route to the Vineyard Sound for installation, employing hundreds of workers in the area. Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025 Trump has long criticized wind turbines Trump has been critical of wind power since his first term. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025 The study found that the rough concrete surfaces of wind turbine foundations allow sessile organisms — immobile living things like barnacles, sea sponges, and algae — to thrive, and form the basis of a complex food chain. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 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 30 Dec. 2025.

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