windmill


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Synonyms for windmill

a mill that is powered by the wind

generator that extracts usable energy from winds

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When they were directly in line with the windmill, as near to the shore as to the ship, and nearer the shore than we had ever allowed them before, they grew suspicious.
He replied, 'Two miles from this place are standing seven windmills; see, I am blowing to drive them round.'
Craeke, standing on the deck of the boat, saw, across the moving sails of the windmills, on the slope of the hill, the red and pink house which was the goal of his errand.
If you stop by the Mid-America Windmill Museum this month, be prepared to celebrate: The museum marks its 25th anniversary with festivities set for Saturday, July 20.
Windmill Lane will close, between its junctions with Windmill Brae and Crown Terrace, from 8am on Monday until 6pm on May 17.
HYDERABAD -- The Commissioner Hyderabad Mohammad Abbas Baloch has assured that the administration would provide assistance for completion of windmill power project, the alternate energy source at Nooriabad industrial area.
"The monument does not claim to stand on the actual site of a windmill. It was built on the site of houses which themselves were built after the windmills had gone - but it acts as a reminder."
Defending fossil fuels, he said: "You can blow up the windmills. You know, the windmills, boom, boom, boom [mimicking windmill sound] bing [mimes shooting large gun], that's the end of that one.
It describes many of the windmills displayed throughout the town, which was once known internationally for its windmill factories.
Following three years of consecutive nominations, the DeZwaan windmill in Holland has received a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in addition to its Michigan Historical Marker, dedicated by Michigan Historical Commissoner and Historical Society of Michigan Executive Director Larry J.
The future of a historic windmill on the edge of Coventry is 'under threat' from a potential housing development
CAMPAIGNERS claim a 200-year-old grade II-listed windmill could be threatened by future housing developments.
IF YOU want to get fit and don't fancy a regular trip to the gym, then living in this landmark Flintshire windmill called Groes Onnen might be the answer.
HOUSE hunters have the chance to live in their very own windmill.