Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In water-works, and other works in which machinery is driven by power from steam, electric, or other prime motors, a building especially provided to contain the prime motor or motors from which power is conveyed to the driven machinery by a main shaft and gearing, or by a belt or cable.
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Examples
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He introduced me to Lena Rustin, a tiny power-house of a woman who was also an experienced speech therapist.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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Despite the ominous signs, France is pushing on with a grand plan, dreamed up after the start of the 2003 Iraq war to create a foreign media power-house that could challenge the dominance of U.S news channels.
French Journalists Protest Merger Max Colchester 2011
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He introduced me to Lena Rustin, a tiny power-house of a woman who was also an experienced speech therapist.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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He introduced me to Lena Rustin, a tiny power-house of a woman who was also an experienced speech therapist.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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If India is going to assume its status with the other BRIC countries as an economic power-house, its model of 'development' needs to be reassessed.
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If India is going to assume its status with the other BRIC countries as an economic power-house, its model of 'development' needs to be reassessed.
Bianca Jagger: Let's Save the Real Avatar Bianca Jagger 2010
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But I doubt that a little thing like the truth will not get in the way of a power-house like Move-On.
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How much does endorsement by the chief power-house count?
Lynne Glasner: I'll Take Manhattan - Till Death Due Us Part 2009
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But I doubt that a little thing like the truth will not get in the way of a power-house like Move-On.
Exclusive: Dem Rep To Introduce House Resolution Condemning Rush Limbaugh On Monday 2009
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Brazil has in recent years risen as an agricultural power-house, but it now ranks as the fourth — biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, thanks mainly to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
The Cow Turns Green 2009
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