'electric' is a perfectly correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to describe something that runs on electricity, or an item that produces or carries electricity. For example: "We had to replace the electric fan when it broke down."
The electricity network was not designed to cope with widespread use of small-scale electricity generation, or with technologies such as electric cars and heat pumps that consume large amounts of electricity.
A boy tries to install an electric light.
Make sure you know whether your property comes with gas, electric, water or internet.
They preach it in their music, which is a strange hybrid of beat and electric guitar Asian jazz.
Ilsar performs with long-time musical collaborators Daniel Pliner (synths) and Josh Ahearn (electric bass) as the Sticks and their debut single, World Maps, is funky and weird, with references to vintage video game music.
They show the sky quite electric, and a view across rooftops: washing giddy on the line, television sets blinking, a couple dancing beneath the brilliant sky.
I started asking other women in my family about their first periods, and I found it was an electric topic".
For the subsection most likely to be found lolling in the festival's green fields to the sound of a cycle-powered electric banjo, the Pyramid stage – where U2 play – is like going into town on a Saturday night: big, loud and lairy, with Radio 1 favourites blaring on a loop.
Set aside and let it cool completely. 2 Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Grease a 23cm, deep, square cake tin and set aside. 3 Mix together the coconut, semolina, flour and baking powder then set aside. 4 Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together for 3-5 minuntiluntit is is fluffy.
The same thing with the electric: everything is now switched off when it's not in use.
My gas is usually under £1 a day, whereas my electric tends to be £2 £3 a day.
