wind tunnel

[wind] / wɪnd /

NOUN

testing structure

Synonyms

WEAK

proving ground test bed

Example Sentences

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That geography turns the valley into a natural wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Now that we’re through the wind tunnel of adolescence, I’m happy to share them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

It is the force that builds the wind tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

In the study, Parziale's team introduced krypton gas into a wind tunnel and used lasers to ionize it.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

It stood in a crease of land where the desert ended and the mountain began, forming a wind tunnel.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls