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pow·er·house

(pou′ər-hous′)

1. One that possesses great force or energy: She is an editorial powerhouse.

2. A power plant.

powerhouse

(ˈpaʊəˌhaʊs)

1. (Electrical Engineering) an electrical generating station or plant

2. informal a forceful or powerful person or thing

pow•er•house

(ˈpaʊ ərˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)

1. power station.

2. a person or group with great energy, strength, or potential for success.

[1880–85]

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Noun	1.	powerhouse - a highly energetic and indefatigable person ball of fire, human dynamo, fireball doer, actor, worker - a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" self-starter - an energetic person with unusual initiative
	2.	powerhouse - a team considered to be the best of its class team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
	3.	powerhouse - an electrical generating station power plant, power station busbar, bus - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" power grid, power system, grid - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region station - a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" turbogenerator - generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power wind energy facility, wind farm, wind park - a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity

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powerhouse

[ˈpaʊəhaʊs] N (powerhouses (pl)) [ˈpaʊəhaʊzɪz]

1. (lit) → central f eléctrica

2. (fig) the town is the industrial powerhouse of Germany → el pueblo es el centro neurálgico de la industria alemana
he's a powerhouse of ideas → es una fuente inagotable de ideas
a hulking great powerhouse of a man → una auténtica mole de hombre

powerhouse

[ˈpaʊə^rhaʊs] n

(= country, city, organization) → poumon m industriel or commercial
an economic powerhouse → un poumon économique

(= person) → véritable pile f électrique
an intellectual powerhouse → une machine à penser
He has won a reputation as an intellectual powerhouse → Il s'est forgé une réputation de machine à penser.
a powerhouse of ideas → une machine à idées

powerhouse

[ˈpaʊəˌhaʊs] n (fig) (person) → persona molto dinamica
a powerhouse of ideas → una miniera di idee

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He waited until nearly an hour after seven, and then went to the room where Ona worked to make inquiries of Ona's "forelady." The "forelady," he found, had not yet come; all the lines of cars that came from downtown were stalled--there had been an accident in the powerhouse, and no cars had been running since last night.

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Le Corbusier used to believe that power Stations were the cathedrals of the twentieth century and now, it seems, museums are the powerhouses of culture in the twenty-first.