Synonyms for windmill
ˈwɪndˌmɪlwind·mill

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1. windmillnoun

   A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.

   Synonyms:
   pinwheel

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1. windmillnoun

   a mill that is powered by the wind

   Synonyms:
   wind generator, aerogenerator

2. windmill, aerogenerator, wind generatornoun

   generator that extracts usable energy from winds

   Synonyms:
   wind generator, aerogenerator

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1. • Generator
   • Mill

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1. List of paraphrases for "windmill":

   mill, wind

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How to use windmill in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 % in value, and they say the noise causes cancer.

2. Rasmu Helveg Petersen:

   With Horns Rev 3, Denmark is making windmill history through realizing a significant reduction in the cost of establishing offshore wind farms, the low price is not just good for Denmark, but also for the international green transition.

3. Donald Trump:

   I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much, they're noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard ? Go under a windmill someday. You'll see more birds than you've ever seen in your life.

4. Jay Parmley:

   When John Mosely’re the last Democrat standing, tilting at that windmill, that windmill is pretty hard.