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plant

plant

981 4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
  • noun
  • /plænt/
translation icon : planta
  • I worked on a number of projects, including a new olefins plant under the European contractor Technip.
  • power plant
  • nuclear plant
  • manufacturing plant

A long time ago in a fabrication plant far, far away.

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Examples

  • Why is the licensing of this plant important to California?

  • Sayle has a manufacturing plant in Cornwall.

  • Employees described holding multiple types of jobs at the plant and being moved where they were needed.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Students can learn about the number of nuclear power plants in operation and their capacity.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Just six months into full-scale operation, the plant has eight employees working seven days a week.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The problem began with the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in West Virginia.

    Academic text (2015)
  • You have a waste-processing plant next to a recreation area.

  • Look, there's a chemical plant.

  • And these so-called new clean coal plants don't come cheaply.

  • Foxconn plans to build a new manufacturing plant in America, which will create thousands of jobs.

Synonyms

factory
vsplant
869 1.0

A building where people make goods using machines

is broader, applying to any industrial building not only goods making
mill
vsplant
171 2.3

A building where things are made or raw materials are processed

is broader, applying to various industrial processes beyond raw material work
installation
vsplant
  • Specialized
68 4.6

A building used for a particular service like a factory or base

is broader, referring to any industrial building housing manufacturing processes
works
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  • UK
40 3.9

A large place with buildings and machines where materials are made or treated

is narrower, focusing on manufacturing processes rather than all large operations
12 3.2

A large factory where goods are made using machines

covers industrial buildings of any scale used for processes
assembly plant
vsplant
  • Specialized
8 3.2

A factory where parts are put together to make a product

is more general, covering buildings for any industrial process not only part joining
2 3.5

A group of buildings where goods are made with machines

is the general term for any building where processes are carried out

Idioms

1 5.9

To make someone begin to feel unsure about something

Compounds

143 2.9

A place where electricity is made for homes and businesses

chemical plant
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A factory that makes chemicals in large amounts

14 2.8

All the plants that live in a particular place, like trees and flowers

A large factory where goods are made using machines

A way of eating mostly vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and beans

assembly plant
  • Specialized
8 3.2

A factory where parts are put together to make a product

6 2.8

A substance added to soil or water to feed plants and help them grow

5 3.2

A factory that kills and packs animals to sell as meat

A plant that makes flowers and has seeds inside a fruit

gas plant
  • Specialized
4 4.1

A place where natural gas is prepared and sent to customers

4 4.6

A factory or workplace stopping all work and ending jobs there

4 1.0

A plant that grows red round fruits people eat

4 3.7

A factory where steel is made from iron and other materials

A factory where workers put drinks into bottles and seal them for sale

Parts of trees and other green growing things like leaves, stems or roots

plant kingdom
  • Specialized
3 4.1

A group of living things that includes mosses, ferns, and trees

A group of buildings where goods are made with machines

A place where old paper, glass, and plastic are cleaned and made ready to be used again

A plant that can be deadly if you touch it or eat it

A plant with a deep tube of liquid that traps and digests insects

plant cell
  • Specialized
2 3.0

A tiny living part of a plant with a stiff wall, green chloroplasts, and a large storage space inside

2 2.2

A plant that lives in water, attached to the bottom or floating

A plant that grows in or near water, like a water lily

1 3.5

Eating mainly plants

1 2.8

A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer

A plant that eats insects and small animals to get food

coca plant
  • NSFW
1 7.0

A South American shrub with leaves that people chew and that contain cocaine

1 2.1

A bushy plant that produces white round pods with soft fibers used for cloth

1 1.0

A plant people grow outside near their house for flowers or food

1 3.6

A plant that can live with very little water, for example a cactus

A place where electricity is made and sent to homes and businesses

1 3.1

Large tropical tree often kept indoors as a houseplant that can make natural rubber

1 1.0

A small garden plant with white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

plant family
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A group of related plants with similar flowers and leaves

plant tissue
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Parts inside a plant made of cells with different jobs

1 3.6

A plant with long narrow leaves and small white or pink flowers often grown indoors

1 1.4

A plant that produces beans you can eat

bedding plant
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A plant grown to put in a flowerbed for seasonal garden displays

belladonna plant
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A poisonous plant with bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries used to make atropine

A plant people grow for food or decoration

disposal plant
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A place where dirty water and other waste are cleaned and made safe

heating plant
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms

herbaceous plant
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A plant without a woody stem that dies back each year

1 7.0

A low plant with thick leaves that look covered in tiny shiny hairs like ice

nightshade plant
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A plant in the potato and tomato family that can be dangerous to eat

The part of a company that builds, maintains, and looks after its buildings and machines

plant disease
  • Specialized
1 2.3

A sickness that harms plants, often caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses

Something made from plants used for food, cloth, or medicine

A person who studies how plants grow and live

plant hormone
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A natural chemical in plants that controls their growth and responses

1 3.2

A plant that makes seeds to grow new plants

tobacco plant
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars

vascular plant
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A plant with special tubes that carry water and nutrients, like ferns or trees

woody plant
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A plant with hard stems, like a tree or shrub

A plant with large green leaves that people keep indoors for decoration

9.9

A South American garden plant with green, purple, or red leaves and small woolly flower spikes

A small Asian herb with red or purple leaves grown for gardens

A South American herb with colorful leaves and small woolly flower spikes grown for gardens

6.2

A plant that grows in very wet, soft ground like bogs and marshes and can live in poor soil

A garden plant grown for its large flat beans that people or animals eat

broccoloid plant
  • Specialized
8.8

A vegetable plant like broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage

A plant with thick spiny leaves that has a cooling gel for sunburn called Aloe vera

A bush that grows small flat beans you can eat, often served as a vegetable

A flowering plant with colorful, often fragrant flowers that look like butterflies

A plant that grows from an underground bulb, like a tulip or daffodil

capsicum pepper plant
  • Specialized
3.8

A tropical plant that grows peppers used in cooking or as spice

8.5

A marsh plant from northern California and Oregon with twisted cup-shaped leaves that trap insects and hanging yellow-green flowers

A tropical shrub with purple or red tube-shaped flowers and leaves with patterns like a human face

8.4

A large plant with thick, sword-shaped leaves and a tall flower stalk

A common European plant that grows as a weed in fields and paths

9.9

A flowering plant like a carnation or pink

A large tropical shrub with big hand-shaped leaves and spiny seed pods that give seeds used to make castor oil

A large tropical bush with wide leaves that has seeds used for castor oil and contains a poison called ricin

How Big

plant
981 4.8
factory
869 1.0
workshop
61 2.3

Surface Forms

plant singular
plants plural

Etymology

Plant used for a factory comes from the idea of a plantation or place where people put things to grow. So a factory is called a plant because it is a place set up to make and 'grow' products.