generatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.eɪ.tər/us/ˈdʒen.ər.eɪ.t̬ɚ/a machine that produces electrical power:
The hospital's emergency generators are designed to cope with power cuts.
a machine or device that produces something:
a random number generator
a company or organization that produces something:
The two major electricity generators declined to comment.
Within the United States, the military is the largest generator of hazardous waste.
Tourism is Australia's greatest generator of employment.
a person who produces something:
Effective leaders do not themselves have to be generators of ideas.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Machines - generators & pumps
- -engined
- accelerator
- alternator
- breeder reactor
- charger
- dock
- docking station
- dynamo
- electromotive
- jet engine
- power station
- pump
- pump-action
- pumping station
- PWR
- substation
- treadmill
- turbine
- turbocharger
- watermill
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