plant department
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3.9
- noun
- /plænt dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
:
departamento de planta
- The plant department is responsible for maintaining all the company's machinery and equipment.
Examples
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She works in the plant department, overseeing the maintenance of the facilities and ensuring everything runs smoothly.
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On the university side, Krumsiek has the advantage of working in a physical plant department with 30 different shops and specialties, such as mechanics, carpenters, painters, computer support, etc.
Academic text (2000) -
The greenhouse and plant department covered fifty thousand square feet under glass.
Academic text (2015) -
Ford fired an in-plant department manager for stealing aluminum wheels from the plant.
Blog text (2) -
During the meeting, the manager from the plant department discussed the upcoming projects for facility upgrades.
Synonyms
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1.8
A part of a company or organization that does a particular job
3
5.8
A department in an organization that manages one area, like research or finance
2
3.5
A division that manages construction, repairs, and maintenance of a building
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'plant' (industrial facility) + 'department' (organizational unit); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the department responsible for the plant's facilities and equipment. This noun+noun composition expressing a unit-of relation is a common, productive pattern in English and across languages, making the phrase immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Plant department comes from a simple image: plant means the factory or the big machines and department means the team inside a company. So plant department is the group who 'look after, fix, and run' the company's buildings and equipment.