power plant

noun

1

: an electric utility generating station

2

: an engine and related parts supplying the motive power of a self-propelled object (such as a rocket or automobile)

Examples of power plant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These measures, including taking data centers off-grid and allowing power plants to exceed pollution limits, are now routine, invoked 43 times in 14 months compared to 20 in the prior 50 years. — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Unlike factories or power plants, logistics facilities do not directly emit pollution. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

International humanitarian law generally protects civilian infrastructure such as bridges and power plants from attack, but such sites can lose protections if used for military purposes. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Electrical grids typically don’t have enough energy to supply these megaprojects, and so the fastest way to bring a data center online is to build your own power plant. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for power plant

• confidante
• interplant
• sycophant
• ant
• aunt
• cant
• chant
• gant
• lant
• pant
• quant
• rant

Kids Definition

power plant

noun

: a building in which electric power is generated