hot water plant
- noun
- /hɑt ˈwɔtər plænt/
- Specialized
:
planta de calefacción
- Tenants complained about low heat until the landlord repaired the malfunctioning hot water plant.
Examples
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Engineers inspected the aging hot water plant before deciding whether to replace its boilers next year.
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The city council approved funding for a new hot water plant to supply several neighborhoods.
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The new hot water plant will supply energy for the entire district.
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Several hot water plants have been built in the last decade.
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The city council approved funding for a new hot water plant to supply several neighborhoods.
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Engineers inspected the aging hot water plant before deciding whether to replace its boilers next year.
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The new hot water plant will supply energy for the entire district.
Synonyms
981
4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
1
3.7
A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms
How Big
- Specialized
1
3.7
- Specialized
- US
28
1.8
- Specialized
54
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a transparent composition: 'hot water' clearly denotes heated water and 'plant' denotes an industrial facility, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer a facility that produces/supplies hot water. This noun-noun combination follows regular compounding patterns and has direct parallels in many languages, making the meaning predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Hot water plant is a literal name for a place that makes hot water. Here plant means 'factory' and hot water is what it produces, so the term means a facility that supplies hot water to heat buildings.