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windwheel

windwheel noun: a wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.

Noun

windwheel (plural windwheels)

  1. (historical) A wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.

Forms of windwheel

pluralwindwheels

Origin of windwheel

From wind + wheel.

Questions about windwheel

What does windwheel mean?
Windwheel means a wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.
What part of speech is windwheel?
Windwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of windwheel?
The plural of windwheel is windwheels.

Words near windwheel in the dictionary

  1. windwards
  2. windwatt
  3. windwatts
  4. windway
  5. windways
  6. windwheel
  7. windwheels
  8. windwise
  9. windworn
  10. windy
  11. Windy City

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