windmill; winnowing fan; pinwheel
Meanings
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windmill; wind-powered mechanical device
Used for generating electricity, pumping water, grinding flour, pressing oil, and other industrial or agricultural purposes.
Dutch windmills are world-famous tourist attractions.
They installed several windmills on the mountaintop to generate electricity.
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Ancient windmills were often used to lift water and grind flour.
noun
winnowing fan; winnowing machine
Traditional agricultural tool used to separate grain from chaff by wind power.
Farmers use winnowing fans to blow away the chaff from the rice grains.
The winnowing fan is also called a 'fengche' and is a traditional farm tool.
noun
pinwheel; toy windmill
Children's toy with paper or plastic blades that spins when blown by wind or when the child runs.
The child ran in the park holding a pinwheel.
The colorful pinwheels spun with a whirring sound in the wind.
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I bought a paper pinwheel for my younger brother.