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

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency ceded some of its climate authority by repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

The case will come before a conservative-majority Supreme Court where environmental regulations have not always fared well, including a 2022 decision that limited the EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The Boilermakers union is also backing Husted, citing his support for union jobs in power plants, refineries and shipbuilding. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

So are the power plants, transmission lines, substations, transformers and cooling systems required to run them. — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 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