windmill
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
Other meanings
The building or structure containing such machinery.
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
A kind of
- mill
Related words
- windmill graph
- tilt at windmills
- cap over the windmill
- giddy as a windmill
- hat over the windmill
- windmill restart
- windmills in one's head
- windmill grass
- windmill pink
- fight windmills
- pink windmills
- mistake windmills for giants
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "wyndmylne".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “windmill” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.