power plant

English

Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France

Alternative forms

• powerplant

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /paU@` pl{nt/ or SAMPA: {{{1}}}
• IPA: /paʊɚ plænt/, /paʊ.̩̩ɚ plænt/

Noun

power plant (plural power plants)

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

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

2. 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.

Synonyms

• power station

Translations

a station built for the production of electric power

Catalan: central (ca) f., central elèctrica (ca) f. Dutch: energiecentrale (nl), krachtcentrale (nl) Esperanto: centralo (eo), elektrejo (eo) Estonian: elektrijaam (et) Finnish: voimalaitos (fi) French: centrale électrique (fr) f. German: Kraftwerk (de) n.

Icelandic: orkuver (is) n. Navajo: atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan Portuguese: usina de energia (pt) Romanian: centrală electrică (ro) f. Russian: электростанция (ru) (elektrostáncija) f. Swedish: kraftverk (sv) n. Ukrainian: електростанція (uk) (elektrostantsiya)

the engine or motor

Finnish: voimanlähde (fi)