POWER PLANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An electrical generating station

Synonyms:

power plant; power station; powerhouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("power plant" is a kind of...):

station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)

Meronyms (parts of "power plant"):

bus; busbar (an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits)

turbogenerator (generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power plant"):

wind energy facility; wind farm; wind park (a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity)

Holonyms ("power plant" is a part of...):

grid; power grid; power system (a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region)