Meaning of power plant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A station built for the production of electric power; a power station.
2. The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor.

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Examples

“All of this areas power comes from the nuclear power plant across the river.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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