peaker plant
English
noun
Definitions
- An electric power station used to rapidly generate power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
Etymology
Compound from English peak + English plant (set firmly, sole, place).
Origin
English
plant
Gloss
set firmly, sole, place
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鮃
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterpeak English
- antiplant English
- ashplant English
- assplant English
- deplant English
- displant English
- eggplant English
- explant English
- faceplant English
- forepeak English
- handplant English
- host plant English
- houseplant English
- interpeak English
- interplant English
- intraplant English
- leadplant English
- macroplant English
- microplant English
- misplant English
- multipeak English
- multiplant English
- nonpeak English
- nonplant English
- outplant English
- overplant English
- palmoplantar English
- peak English
- peaker English
- peaketh English
- peakish English
- peakism English
- peakist English
- peakless English
- peaklet English
- peaklike English
- peaknik English
- peakwise English
- peaky English
- photopeak English
- pieplant English
- plant English
- plantable English
- plantage English
- plantal English
- plantar English
- plantcutter English
- planted English
- planter English
- plantest English
- planteth English
- planthood English
- planthopper English
- plantivorous English
- plantkin English
- plantkind English
- plantless English
- plantlet English
- plantlife English
- plantlike English
- plantling English
- plantly English
- plantocracy English
- plantsman English
- plantsperson English
- plantstand English
- plantstuff English
- plantswoman English
- plantwide English
- plantwise English
- preplant English
- replant English
- rouge-plant English
- semipeak English
- subpeak English
- superplant English
- transplant English
- underplant English
- unplant English
- washplant English
- waterplant English
- waxplant English
- ピーク Japanese
- *peke Middle English
- plante Middle English
- planten Middle English
- planta Cebuano
- planteran Cebuano
- planim Tok Pisin
- peak
- plant
- peaky
- peaker
- peaketh
- peakish
- deplant
- planted
- peaklet
- planter
- plantal
- peakism
- subpeak
- plantar
- replant
- unplant
- peaknik
- explant
- plantly
- peakist
- nonpeak
- pieplant
- plantage
- nonplant
- peakwise
- displant
- ashplant
- preplant
- peakless
- planteth
- peaklike
- eggplant
- plantkin
- semipeak
- waxplant
- misplant
- forepeak
- plantest
- outplant
- plantlet
- assplant
- plantwide
- planthood
- leadplant
- antiplant
- plantlife
- plantling
- overplant
- faceplant
- plantable
- interpeak
- afterpeak
- photopeak
- plantlike
- plantless
- plantsman
- plantwise
- multipeak
- washplant
- plantkind
- handplant
- underplant
- microplant
- transplant
- host plant
- waterplant
- multiplant
- plantstuff
- superplant
- interplant
- macroplant
- plantstand
- houseplant
- intraplant
- rouge-plant
- planthopper
- plantocracy
- plantcutter
- plantswoman
- plantsperson
- palmoplantar
- plantivorous