power station
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈpaʊər ˈsteɪʃən/
:
estación de energía portátil
Examples
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Donald, I guess you've heard the latest from the Senate on the Kerry-Boxer bill that some of them are coming around to looking at simplification, which just sets power station emission limits, etc.
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You can charge your phone using this power station when camping in remote areas.
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The emergency power station ensured that the hospital had electricity during the outage.
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We bought a small power station that can easily fit in our car for road trips.
Synonyms
11
3.5
A small portable unit that stores power to charge phones or run cameras
2
3.9
A device that gives electric power at the right voltage for equipment
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'power' (electricity) and 'station' (a place or unit that provides a service) together suggest something that supplies electricity, so there is a clear compositional relation. However, the specific sense given — a portable, rechargeable battery unit — requires an extended/metaphorical use of 'station' (device rather than fixed place) that is not fully predictable from the parts, so a learner may not reliably infer this meaning without exposure.
Etymology
The noun power station is also used for a small, portable box that gives electricity when there is no mains power. It follows the same idea of power and station — a tiny service 'station' you can carry to run lights or charge phones, so it means 'a portable unit that supplies electricity'.