powerhouse
/pˈaʊɚhˌaʊs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A power station; the building housing the core parts of a power station, such as the dynamo.
Example Sentences
- "The new powerhouse comprised two tube turbines with a total capacity of 4,500 kW under 18.3 feet head."
- "The company has been a powerhouse in its industry for many years."
- "The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell."
- "She's a powerhouse of ideas."
- "The Soviet Union often led the world in the Olympics during the Cold War, and East Germany was an Olympic powerhouse — though athletes from both are now believed to have been systematically and massively doped[…]"
- "While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status, outranking even those of most countries, the state’s most-powerful sectors — including tech companies and supply chain logistics — have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil."