wind farm

noun

: an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines for driving electrical generators

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Most of the country is mountainous, without wide swaths of flatland that could accommodate the kind of massive solar and wind farms seen in parts of the United States. Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025 This time, Trump’s appointees have already halted all permitting for solar and wind farms. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025 Because electricity from solar and wind farms varies daily and seasonally, utilities can find themselves with too much power at times and too little at others. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 Three wind farms plan to be built off the coast of Morro Bay in Central California and two in Humboldt County in Northern California. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wind farm 

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1980

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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