power plant

plural power plants · alternative powerplant

1. A station built for the production of electric power.

   All of this area's power comes from the nuclear power plant across the river.

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   Fortuitously, Marge is looking for a job after an endless hiatus from the working world. After Lisa helps her mother “polish” up her résumé so that she now appears to be the most accomplished woman in the world, Marge lands a job at the power plant operating a machine her ridiculously padded résumé claims she helped invent.

   2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2012

   Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-fired plants.

   2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021

   Synonyms: power station

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

   Holonym: powertrain

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