Meaning

2 senses
  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.

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

    Holonym: powertrain

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

    дви́гательdvígatelʹ, мото́рmotór

More definitions
  • an electrical generating station

Examples

36 sentences
  1. Here is an atomic power plant.

    Ось атомна електростанція. — deniko

    ruВот атомная электростанция. — marafon

  2. Nuclear power plants are dangerous, not to mention nuclear weapons.

    Атомні електростанції небезпечні, не кажучи вже про атомну зброю. — aandrusiak

    ruАтомные электростанции опасны, не говоря об атомном оружии. — Hellerick

    deAtomkraftwerke sind gefährlich, ganz zu schweigen von Atomwaffen. — Yorwba

  3. Nuclear power plants don't appeal to everybody.

  4. The nuclear power plants have to be stable.

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  5. The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.

    ruЭлектростанция обеспечивает энергией отдалённый район. — Karok

    deDas Kraftwerk versorgt den entfernten Bezirk mit Elektrizität. — xtofu80

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the engine or motor:

Forms

plural: power plants

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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