Power Plant Definition

powerplants
noun
A complex of structures, machinery, and associated equipment for generating electric energy from another source of energy, such as nuclear reactions or a hydroelectric dam.
American Heritage
The entire apparatus serving as the source of power for some particular operation.
The power plant of an automobile.
Webster's New World
A building where power, esp. electric power, is generated.
Webster's New World

The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor.

A train without the power plant is just a bunch of metal boxes on wheels.
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power plant
Plural:
power-plants

Power Plant Sentence Examples

  • The compound was a nuclear power plant.

  • He is now broke - his only asset are the plans for his nuclear power plant.

  • There are many proven technologies available today for reducing air pollutant emissions from pulverized coal fired power plant.

  • It is served by the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, and the Baltimore & Ohio railways, and by the interurban electric system of the West Penn Railway Co., which has a large power plant near Connellsville.

  • It is served by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the Houston & Texas Central railways, and by the Dallas & Sherman inter-urban (electric) line, the central power plant of which is immediately north of the city.

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