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generator

gen·er·a·tor

generator

 
pronunciation:
je n reI tr
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a machine or device that produces electricity or other energy.
The hospital has its own generator so that it will have electricity even during a blackout.
 
definition 2: the part of a car that generates electrical energy for the car.
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adjective + (n.)generator automatic, auxiliary, commercial, conventional, efficient, electric, electrical, expensive, hydroelectric, industrial, municipal, noisy, nuclear, permanent, portable, random, solar, stationary
verb + (n.)generator crank, fix, haul, hook, install, operate, plug, repair, spin
(n.)generator + verb attach, connect, convert, dispose, generate, hum, kick, mount, power, produce, pump, run, shut, store, supply, switch, wind
noun + (n.)generator Help amplifier, bid, biomass, coal, code, dioxide, disposal, emergency, energy, engine, facility, frequency, fuel, fusion, gas, gasoline, gravity, heat, hum, hydrogen, incentive, ion, load, magnet, mechanism, microwave, monopoly, motor, nitrogen, noise, oxygen, ozone, pollution, power, pulse, quantity, ramp, recovery, reference, requirement, revenue, satellite, shaft, shock, signal, steam, tank, tone, transfer, utility, voltage, wind [See all][See only the most frequent]
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The word generator contains the following part:
gen, gener Latin and Greek root that means birth, origin, race, kind