POWERHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powerhouse mean? 

• POWERHOUSE (noun)
  The noun POWERHOUSE has 3 senses:

1. a highly energetic and indefatigable person

2. a team considered to be the best of its class

3. an electrical generating station

  Familiarity information: POWERHOUSE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWERHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly energetic and indefatigable person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ball of fire; fireball; human dynamo; powerhouse

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)

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:

An electrical generating station

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

power plant; power station; powerhouse

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)

 Context examples 

Mitochondria are the powerhouses inside our cells, producing energy and carrying their own DNA.

(Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Take your talents seriously, for others will view you as a powerhouse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The ESRRG gene improved endurance, enhanced development of blood vessels and was also important in improving function of mitochondria, the powerhouse of cells.

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Although only a fractio of the size of the Milky Way, the tiny powerhouse galactic core already contains about twice as many stars as our own galaxy, all crammed into a region only 6,000 light-years across.

(Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy, NASA)

The findings also might shed light on more common disorders such as fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes by uncovering similarities in how MMA and these disorders affect energy metabolism and, more specifically, the function of mitochondria, the cells’ energy powerhouses.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

Saturn and Pluto, two powerhouse planets, will see that you receive the attention you deserve.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are hoping for good career news, it may come on Friday, December 20, or Monday, December 23, as a result of Mars’ conversation with powerhouse Pluto.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Said a different way, this means this partnership of drill sergeant Saturn and powerhouse Pluto has been affecting you and every person of every sign over the past nine or ten months.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is a splendid full moon, for it will send lovely vibrations to good-fortune Jupiter, powerhouse Pluto, and taskmaster Saturn in your fame and honors sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Not only do you have Jupiter, the planet of good fortune, staunchly supporting your every move by bolstering your Sun in Taurus, but you also have powerhouse Pluto and stabilizing Saturn behind you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)