wind farm

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wind farm

  • /ˈwɪndfɑːm/ UK
  • /ˈwɪndˌfɑɹm/ US

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From wind + farm, from the idea that the wind turbines are “farming” the wind to produce electricity.

noun wind farms · windfarm · wind-farm

  1. A collection of wind turbines, especially a large-scale array, used to generate electricity. Then roughly 176 wind generators of 1.8 megawatts each would be located at each wind farm affecting an area of 15 × 176 or 2640 acres (4.1 sq mi) but directly using only about 176 acres (0.3 sq mi).

    Similar: wind park, wind power plant, wind power station

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noun collection of wind turbines

Españolparque eólico
日本語ウィンドファーム, 集合型風力発電所 shūgōkatafūryokuhatsudensho
中文風力發電廠 /风力发电厂 fēnglìfādiànchǎng
Portuguêsparque eólico
Françaisferme éolienne, centrale éolienne, parc éolien
DeutschWindpark
Italianoparco eolico
Ελληνικάαιολικό πάρκο aiolikó párko
Românăparc eolian
Русскийветроэлектроста́нция vetroelektrostáncija
Tiếng Việttrang trại gió
العربيةمزرعة ريحية

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@misc{wind_farm_2026,
  title = {wind farm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wind%20farm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}