power plant

or power·plant

noun

1. a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
2. the machinery for supplying power for a particular mechanical process or operation.
3. the engine, motor, or other power source along with related ignition, transmission, etc., components of a vehicle, aircraft, machine, etc.

power plant

noun

1. the complex, including machinery, associated equipment, and the structure housing it, that is used in the generation of power, esp electrical power
2. the equipment supplying power to a particular machine or for a particular operation or process

Word History and Origins

Origin of power plant¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

In 2019, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $500 million toward a campaign to close coal-fired power plants.

From Outside Online

Once complete, the island will host a power plant to gather electricity from 200 towering offshore wind turbines—each of which will stand near the height of the Eiffel Tower, from the sea’s surface to blade tips.

From Singularity Hub 

A lot of that energy comes from dirty sources like natural gas-fired power plants or worse.

From Voice of San Diego

The NYISO expects power plants to produce energy when the system operator calls on them, and we expect juice from the socket whenever we want it.

From Popular-Science

When it comes to the cost of energy from new power plants, onshore wind and solar are now the cheapest sources—costing less than gas, geothermal, coal, or nuclear.

From Popular-Science

His first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, debuted last year and was set in a town near a threatening nuclear power plant.

From The Daily Beast

Now that the power plant has been hit, they have no water and no electricity.

From The Daily Beast

Read More: Israel Shrinks Gaza by 40 Percent The power plant is a loss with particularly far-reaching consequences.

From The Daily Beast

On October 26 they were assigned to attack a power plant supplying the North Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.

From The Daily Beast

Last September, Harvest Power opened the largest such food-to-power plant in North America, in Richmond, British Columbia.

From The Daily Beast

The parts, the new power plant and a few other odds and ends were chuted into a neat pile on the ship.

From Project Gutenberg

And, too, the power plant of the Brainchild had been destined to be the source of power for the permanent base.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the forms outlined, the only one we have any immediate concern about is the airplane power plant.

From Project Gutenberg

The loss through the water jacket of the average automobile power plant is over 50 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

Against the flushed sky above the city were silhouetted the high chimneys of the power plant.

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