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Definitions for Windmill

[1] any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.
[2] (loosely) a wind generator; wind plant.
[3] Aeronautics . a small air turbine with blades, like those of an airplane propeller, exposed on a moving aircraft and driven by the air, used to operate gasoline pumps, radio apparatus, etc.
[4] an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote ): to tilt at windmills.
[5] Aeronautics . (of a propeller engine or turbojet engine) to rotate or cause to rotate solely under the force of a passing airstream.
[6] a machine for grinding or pumping driven by a set of adjustable vanes or sails that are caused to turn by the force of the wind
[7] the set of vanes or sails that drives such a mill
[8] Also called: whirligig British a toy consisting of plastic or paper vanes attached to a stick in such a manner that they revolve like the sails of a windmill US and Canadian name: pinwheel
[9] an imaginary opponent or evil (esp in the phrase tilt at or fight windmills )
[10] a small air-driven propeller fitted to a light aircraft to drive auxiliary equipment Compare ram-air turbine
[11] an informal name for helicopter
[12] an informal name for propeller (def. 1)
[13] to move or cause to move like the arms of a windmill
[14] an informal name for accommodation bill
[15] (intr) (of an aircraft propeller, rotor of a turbine, etc) to rotate as a result of the force of a current of air rather than under power

Words related to Windmill

leaf, blade, draft, propeller, vane, ventilator, flabellum

Words nearby Windmill

windjammer, windlass, windle, windless, windlestraw, windmill, windmill grass, windom peak, window, window back, window blind

Origin of Windmill

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wind1, mill1

Synonyms for Windmill

blade, draft, leaf, propeller, vane, ventilator, air conditioner, flabellum, palm leaf, thermantidote