Definition of powerhouse
1a : power plant 1b : a source of influence or inspiration
2 : one having great power: such asa : one having great drive, energy, or ability a powerhouse rock bandb : an athletic team characterized by strong aggressive play
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Examples of powerhouse in a Sentence
The country is an economic powerhouse.
Their company became a powerhouse in the video game industry.
She's a powerhouse on the tennis court.
This year's team is a powerhouse that's winning its games easily.
Seaweed is a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals.
He is a powerhouse of ideas.
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UW is 1-8 all-time against the Big 12 powerhouse, including four straight defeats.
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The R&B powerhouse and rap legend will play Northerly Island September 7, with reggae artist Chronixx as the opener.
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In the darkness before dawn, in the chill mists that rise from the Susquehanna River, the atomic powerhouse on Three Mile Island defied its human keepers and threatened catastrophe.
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The year before, Burbank made an impressive drive to the quarterfinals before falling to Mission League powerhouse Loyola, 76-58, in the third round.
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Since that meeting, Cooper and the rest of Auburn's first signing class under coach Clint Myers transformed the program from an afterthought on the Plains to a national powerhouse.
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Highlights were a haunting prelude and fugue of Shostakovich’s and a powerhouse performance of Prokofiev’s Sonata No.
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Alexion is a powerhouse in the market for orphan drugs, a fast-growing pocket of the pharmaceutical industry that focuses on rare diseases.
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And with an annual economic output of $2.4 trillion, the state is an economic powerhouse and has the sixth-largest economy in the world.
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1870
First Known Use of powerhouse
1870
POWERHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
powerhouse
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: a group of people or an organization that has a lot of power
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: a person, team, etc., that has a lot of energy, strength, and skill
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: someone or something that is full of a particular thing
POWERHOUSE Defined for Kids
powerhouse
playDefinition of powerhouse for Students
1 : power plant
2 : a person or thing having unusual strength or energy
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