power station

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a generating station.

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power station British  

noun

1. an electrical generating station

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Etymology

Origin of power station

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Testing of a £50m ultrasound system designed to stop fish being sucked into the cooling pipes of Britain's new nuclear power station has gone "really well".

From BBC

Think of a portable power station as a huge phone brick, one big enough to keep your milk from spoiling.

From The Wall Street Journal

The last power station using black coal closed last year, and coal prices are too low to even cover the costs of mining, she told AFP.

From Barron's

She needs UK Labour to deliver on more powers, funding and projects – as has happened with the Wylfa nuclear power station and rail funding.

From BBC

"Those 10 years at Torness were fundamental to me understanding the nuts and bolts of what a nuclear power station is," she says.

From BBC

Related Words

• station