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POWERHOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electrical generating station
Synonyms:
power plant; power station; powerhouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("powerhouse" is a kind of...):
station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "powerhouse"):
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 "powerhouse"):
wind energy facility; wind farm; wind park (a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity)
Holonyms ("powerhouse" is a part of...):
grid; power grid; power system (a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A team considered to be the best of its class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("powerhouse" is a kind of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A highly energetic and indefatigable person
Synonyms:
ball of fire; fireball; human dynamo; powerhouse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("powerhouse" is a kind of...):
actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "powerhouse"):
self-starter (an energetic person with unusual initiative)
Context examples:
I feel you will enjoy the results of this full moon because it will receive brilliant beams from powerhouse Pluto, based in your second house of earned income and salary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you are self-employed, you may be paying estimated taxes, especially near January 12 when taskmaster Saturn and powerhouse Pluto (ruling the government) team-up.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Mars will act like a match, igniting, one by one, each of the gifts of good-fortune Jupiter, transformative, powerhouse Pluto, and practical Saturn as he aligns separately with each planet.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Venus rules your tenth house of fame and honors, and action Mars, good-fortune Jupiter, and powerhouse Pluto—each in your assignment sector (sixth house)—will be sending direct beams up to Venus in that prestigious house of fame and honors.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
