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
