firebox

[ fahyuhr-boks ]

noun

1. the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.
2. the furnace of a locomotive, where coal, oil, or other fuel is burned to generate steam.
3. a box or panel with a device for notifying the fire station of an outbreak of fire.
4. Obsolete. a tinderbox.

firebox

/ ˈfaɪəˌbɒks /

noun

1. the furnace chamber of a boiler in a steam locomotive
2. See tinderbox
   an obsolete word for tinderbox

Word History and Origins

Origin of firebox¹

First recorded in 1545–55; fire + box ¹

Example Sentences

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From Popular-Science

Solo StoveThe Big Green Egg’s oblong ceramic chamber draws heat from a pile of charcoal burning in a firebox below.

From Popular-Science

As for that grill—a steel and brick firebox built into the wooden framing that supported the patio’s roof—Skenes was well aware of the danger that might pose.

From Outside Online

The live cinders from the firebox went up the chimney all night, and fell in showers on deck.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest of the modern steam boilers to come into use was the locomotive fire tube type, with a special firebox.

From Project Gutenberg

Crown-sheetThe sheet of steel at the top of the firebox, just under the water in the boiler.

From Project Gutenberg

In a locomotive boiler the mud accumulates in the water leg, below the firebox.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead, he throws on great shovelsful of coal at a time, and has the coal up to the firebox door.

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