wind farm

noun

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

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Offshore wind farms have been known to disrupt marine life in a variety of ways, but have also acted as a sort of refuge for sea creatures, as they're generally restricted from commercial fishing – which also presents its own problems like over-predation. New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025 No offshore wind farms have been built yet but plans are underway to erect giant turbines off the coast of Central and Northern California in places such as Morro Bay and Humboldt County. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025 In February, the company also deployed four bird-detection radars to support the creation of what has been billed as the world’s most ecological wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024 In the middle of this journey, as the ferry juts north, there is a different view of Everton’s new stadium, positioned between a scrapyard and a wind farm, both of which are in the shadow of a brooding tobacco warehouse that is the biggest brick building in the world. Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024 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 18 Jan. 2025.

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