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windmills

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for windmills.

Editorial note

But those thousands of acres are not covered with windmills, the land is just as arable as it was before.

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Quick take

A plant of the genus Allionia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of windmills gathered in one view.

noun

A plant of the genus Allionia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for windmills.

noun

A plant of the genus Allionia.

Example sentences

1

But those thousands of acres are not covered with windmills, the land is just as arable as it was before.

2

The world is full of bad people, evil people, monsters; serving single origin coffee and installing more windmills isn't going to change that.

3

But so what, many windmills equate a nuclear power plant in generating capacity (but as you correctly state not in baseline generating capacity, windmills have 0 of that).

4

People who claim windmills have no place in the Dutch landscape probably don't like tulips and clogs either.

5

The ROI for the actual entity buying the windmills will be worse if natural gas prices are almost nothing.

6

> But those thousands of acres are not covered with windmills, the land is just as arable as it was before.

7

Why not just feather some or all of the windmills when the supply exceeds the demand?

8

People who don't want to see windmills are not going to be OK with cooling towers on the horizon either.

9

The question never was can wind generate enough power - just build more windmills.

10

I don't think you could cause that even if you devoted all production on earth to making windmills.

11

But, I think they could easily put windmills in places which are already polluted on way or another.

12

It is computed when this will happen and the windmills can be stopped for that period, although the law doesn't mention this.

Quote examples

1

"Tilting at windmills" means attacking imaginary enemies, you really can't have it both ways of calling work on eradicating racism, sexism, and other bigotries "Tilting at windmills" and then say it's important.

2

We went for a walk outside the village, and I heard a surprised "oh, those windmills are much smaller than I remember them to be".

Proper noun examples

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Windmills do kill birds but they're a distant third.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use windmills in a sentence?

But those thousands of acres are not covered with windmills, the land is just as arable as it was before.

What does windmills mean?

A plant of the genus Allionia.

What part of speech is windmills?

windmills is commonly used as noun.