generator

Universal Words noun 1 a machine for producing electricity: The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. * a wind generator (= a machine that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity) 2 a machine for producing a particular substance: The museum uses smells and smoke generators to create atmosphere. * (figurative) The company is a major generator of jobs. 3 (BrE) a company that produces electricity to sell to the public: the UK's major electricity generator