Synonyms for
Windmill
Definition
a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour or to pump water
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The windmill on the farm was used to grind wheat into flour.
- The windmill generated electricity for the small town.
- The windmill pumped water from the well.
- The windmill had to be turned to face the wind.
- The windmill was a popular tourist attraction.
Quotes
The windmill gives you an idea of what the medieval idea of the spaceship would have been. - Freeman Dyson
We're not necessarily the ski resort, we're not the beach resort, but we're built around the windmill. - Brian Ketcham
I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig. That's inconsistency. - George Woodcock