power line
noun
power line is a noun meaning “An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-W-E-R-L-I-N-E. The plural of power line is power lines or power-lines.
What does power line mean?
noun
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An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.
noun
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Alternative form of power line.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce power line?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-power_line.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-power_line.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of power line
- power lines plural
- powerline
- power-line
- power-lines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with power line
Also written: powerline (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Power line in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electrical wire:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ligne à haute tension, ligne haute tension, ligne électrique |
| German | Stromleitung |
| Spanish | línea eléctrica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.