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Noun: powerhouse  'paw(-u)r,haws
  1. A highly energetic and indefatigable person
    - human dynamo, ball of fire [informal], fireball
     
  2. A team considered to be the best of its class
     
  3. An electrical generating station
    - power station, power plant

Derived forms: powerhouses

Type of: actor, doer, squad, station, team, worker

Part of: grid, power grid, power system

Encyclopedia: Powerhouse, Jersey City