powerhouse

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Etymology

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From power +‎ house.

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powerhouse (plural powerhouses)

  1. A power station; the building housing a power station
    • 1986, Donald R. Froelich, S. K. Wagner, Fourth International Symposium on Hydro Power Fluid Machinery:
      The new powerhouse comprised two tube turbines with a total capacity of 4,500 kW under 18.3 feet head.
  2. (figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
    The company has been a powerhouse in its industry for many years.
    Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
    She's a powerhouse of ideas.
    • 2016 August 25, Fareed Zakaria, “What the Olympics reveal about the world”, in The Washington Post[1]:
      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 []
    • 2023 April 11, Kurtis Lee, “California Economy Is on Edge After Tech Layoffs and Studio Cutbacks”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      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.
    • 2024 January 5, Jon Henley, “Why is Germany’s economy struggling – and can the government fix it?”, in The Guardian[3], →ISSN:
      Long Europe’s powerhouse, Germany is struggling with a potent mix of short-term and deeper structural problems that – along with a divided and seemingly ineffectual government – have prompted economists to talk of the “sick man of Europe”.
    • 2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes surprise appearance at Grammy awards”, in bbc.com[4]:
      The vocal powerhouse has sold more than 250 million albums during her 40-year career and has won five Grammy awards.
  3. (card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
    • 2011, Richard D. Harroch, Lou Krieger, Poker For Dummies:
      A hand like A-2-3-4 is a powerhouse in Omaha/8, because it can easily make the best low hand and capture half the pot.

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