power plant
Americannoun
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power plants
plural
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a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
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the machinery for supplying power for a particular mechanical process or operation.
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the engine, motor, or other power source along with related ignition, transmission, etc., components of a vehicle, aircraft, machine, etc.
noun
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the complex, including machinery, associated equipment, and the structure housing it, that is used in the generation of power, esp electrical power
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the equipment supplying power to a particular machine or for a particular operation or process
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Etymology
Origin of power plant
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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On a windy hillside about an hour's drive northwest of Istanbul, the Catalca power plant was one of Turkey's first large-scale wind farms and has been feeding electricity into the grid for 18 years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Sometimes when he struggled to brainstorm potential queries, he asked the AI to adopt strange personas: “You are the ghost of Blackbeard. Explain the principles of operation of a nuclear power plant in 300 words.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The developer of a proposed data centre in Cardiff has said it is also seeking permission to build a gas power plant to get it up and running.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Both said they were neutral on the virtual power plant law, with Paulo noting that PG&E “supports efforts to better recognize the value distributed energy resources can provide to the grid.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He’s bringing water to the workers holed up behind the locked fence of Huntington Beach power plant.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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