industrial plant
2
3.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʌstriəl plænt/
:
planta industrial
- The district includes a well-established urban area with large manufacturing and industrial plants that drive the local economy.
- industrial plant manager
- new industrial plants
Examples
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In the early years of occupation, the Russians had dismantled and taken what was left of German industrial plants in their zone.
Academic text (1993) -
Today, the site is an industrial plant providing 150 jobs, Venni notes.
Academic text (1998) -
And there are places where industrial plants are already turning coal into oil.
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On top of that, it was near an industrial plant where fumes were visible from a block away.
Blog text (29) -
As free credit and government subsidies dried up, industrial plants began to cut back on production.
Academic text (1991) -
The large industrial plants stretch up the west shore of the bay and up the Urakami Valley.
Blog text (9) -
The expansion of auto parts production and the replacement of older iron, steel, and chemical industrial plants by newer, cleaner plants are the main contributors to this economic change.
Academic text (2003) -
In Texas, we've all given up trying to live without air-conditioning, and it's installed everywhere in houses, offices, industrial plants, cars, trucks, and tractors.
Fiction book (2002) -
STS-JZ is a commercial and industrial infrared radiant tube heater that offers uniform heat distribution in warehouses, industrial plants, service garages, loading docks, and other buildings that require efficient space heating.
Academic text (2006) -
The district includes a well-established urban area with large manufacturing and industrial plants that drive the local economy.
Synonyms
981
4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
869
1.0
A building where people make goods using machines
68
4.6
A building used for a particular service like a factory or base
40
3.9
A large place with buildings and machines where materials are made or treated
12
3.2
A large factory where goods are made using machines
8
3.2
A factory where parts are put together to make a product
1
9.2
A large building where people make things, like a factory
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a building or group of buildings where manufacturing takes place' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'industrial' (relating to industry) with 'plant' (a factory or production facility). This composition follows standard adjective + noun patterns found cross‑linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Industrial plant is formed from industrial (work with machines) and plant (a place with large machines). Picture machines and buildings 'planted' together in one site to make goods, so it means 'a building or group of buildings where goods are made'.