"wind farm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪndfɑːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɪndˌfɑɹm/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-wind farm.oga Forms: wind farms [plural]
Etymology: From wind + farm, from the idea that the wind turbines are “farming” the wind to produce electricity. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|farm|notext=1|type=endocentric}} wind + farm, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-noun}} wind farm (plural wind farms)
  1. A collection of wind turbines, especially a large-scale array, used to generate electricity. Wikipedia link: Smoky Hills Wind Farm Categories (topical): Electricity, Wind Synonyms: wind park, wind power plant, wind power station, windfarm Related terms: wind energy, wind farmer, windfarming, wind power Translations (collection of wind turbines): windplass (Afrikaans), مزرعة ريحية (Arabic), հողմակայան (hoġmakayan) (Armenian), külək elektrik stansiyası (Azerbaijani), haize-parke (Basque), parc eòlic [masculine] (Catalan), 風力發電廠 (Chinese Mandarin), 风力发电厂 (fēnglìfādiànchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), větrná farma [feminine] (Czech), vindmøllepark (Danish), windmolenpark [neuter] (Dutch), windpark [neuter] (Dutch), ventoparko (Esperanto), tuulepark (Estonian), tuulipuisto (Finnish), ferme éolienne [feminine] (French), centrale éolienne [feminine] (French), parc éolien [masculine] (French), parque eólico [masculine] (Galician), ქარის ელექტროსადგური (karis elekṭrosadguri) (Georgian), ქარის ტურბინების პარკი (karis ṭurbinebis ṗarḳi) (Georgian), Windpark [masculine] (German), αιολικό πάρκο (aiolikó párko) [neuter] (Greek), szélfarm (Hungarian), szélpark (Hungarian), ladang angin (Indonesian), feirm ghaoithe [feminine] (Irish), parco eolico [masculine] (Italian), ウィンドファーム (Japanese), 集合型風力発電所 (shūgōkatafūryokuhatsudensho) (alt: しゅうごうがたふうりょくはつでんしょ) (Japanese), жел электр станциясы (jel élektr stansiäsy) (Kazakh), жел паркі (jel parkı) (Kazakh), vėjo jėgainių parkas (Lithuanian), ветроелектрана (vetroelektrana) (Macedonian), winjpark (North Frisian), vindpark (Norwegian Bokmål), vindkraftverk (Norwegian Nynorsk), نیروگاه بادی (Persian), elektrownia wiatrowa [feminine] (Polish), farma wiatrowa [feminine] (Polish), wiatrówka [feminine] (Polish), parque eólico [masculine] (Portuguese), parc eolian [neuter] (Romanian), ветроэлектроста́нция (vetroelektrostáncija) [feminine] (Russian), tuathanas-gaoithe [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), вјетроелектра̀на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vjetroelektràna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), සුළං විදුලි බල උද්යාන (suḷaṁ widuli bala udyāna) (Sinhalese), vetrna elektrarna [feminine] (Slovene), parque eólico [masculine] (Spanish), vindkraftspark [common-gender] (Swedish), காற்றாடி (kāṟṟāṭi) (Tamil), ฟาร์มกังหันลม (Thai), rüzgâr çiftliği (Turkish), вітряна електростанція (vitrjana elektrostancija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), вітроелектростанція (vitroelektrostancija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), trang trại gió (Vietnamese), tourniketreye (Walloon), zonigne d' olyinnes (Walloon), fferm wynt [feminine] (Welsh), wynmolepark (West Frisian), wynmûnepark (West Frisian), wynpark (West Frisian)
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "collection of wind turbines",
      "word": "zonigne d' olyinnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "collection of wind turbines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fferm wynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "collection of wind turbines",
      "word": "wynmolepark"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "collection of wind turbines",
      "word": "wynmûnepark"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "collection of wind turbines",
      "word": "wynpark"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wind farm"
}

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