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    POWER PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An electrical generating stationplay

    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)

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