wind turbine

Noun

wind turbine (plural wind turbines)

1. A device for converting wind power into electricity.
   • Now there is another subject in which Donald Trump’s expert knowledge surpasses that of everybody else: wind turbines, though he calls them windmills.2019 December 24, Richard Luscombe, “‘I never understood wind’: Trump goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
   • “These wind turbines will help preserve the forest by generating electricity sustainably,” said Paschold. “If we keep spewing CO₂ and contaminating our atmosphere, there won’t be much of it left.”2025 May 9, Ajit Niranjan, “Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   wind generator