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

Tanaka has previously demonstrated that downwind pollution from power plants led to higher COVID-19 mortality rates. — Anna Zarra Aldrich, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

The push to build greater climate resilience in a warming world will require enormous investments across industrial ecosystems, including electrical grids, battery-storage facilities, power plants, and transportation and logistics networks. — Henry Fernandez, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Small nuclear reactors cannot compete on the open electricity grid against cheap renewables and giant conventional power plants. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

In Asia, where there’s massive demand for solar power and electric vehicles, Indonesia is replacing some diesel power plants with solar, while also doubling down on coal for heavy industry. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 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