wind turbine

[ wind ]

noun

1. a turbine powered by the wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind turbine¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

A Hull factory will supply wind turbine blades for Scottish Power in a contract worth more than £1bn.

From BBC

Retrofitting might involve measures such as improving your home’s insulation, upgrading the heating system, or installing energy-generating devices such as solar panels, or even a private wind turbine.

From BBC

Some of the best examples are renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, lithium batteries and wind turbines.

From Los Angeles Times

It polled 24 points better than his lie that “public schools are providing students with sex-change operations” and 44 points better than his lie that “noise from wind turbines has been shown to cause cancer.”

From Salon

The town also knew that those wind turbines on the campus made sense because they were big when they were built, like 1.65 megawatts each.

From Los Angeles Times