wind engine

noun

A wind-driven machine, especially a preindustrial one.

“Near-synonym: windmill”

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Meanings

nounwind engine (plural wind engines)

plural wind engines · alternative wind-engine

  1. archaicA wind-driven machine, especially a preindustrial one.

    Near-synonym: windmill

    1 more example

    Windmills or wind-engines, are used, to some extent, in the Cape Colony.

    1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492

    Synonyms: windmill

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA wind-driven machine, especially a preindustrial one.

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windmill

Translations

Greek ανεμοκινητήρας
  • ανεμοκινητήρας (anemokinitíras)wind-driven machine
Polish silnik wiatrowy
  • silnik wiatrowywind-driven machine
Russian ветродви́гатель
  • ветродви́гатель (vetrodvígatelʹ)wind-driven machine
Ukrainian вітродвигу́н
  • вітродвигу́н (vitrodvyhún)wind-driven machine
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APA

wind engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20engine

MLA

“wind engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20engine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wind engine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20engine.

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