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boiler

[ boi-ler ]

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noun

a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc. Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
a vessel, as a kettle, for boiling boil boiling or heating.
British. a large tub in which laundry is boiled boil or sterilized.
a tank in which water is heated and stored, as for supplying hot water.

boiler

/ ˈbɔɪlə /

a closed vessel or arrangement of enclosed tubes in which water is heated to supply steam to drive an engine or turbine or provide heat
a domestic device burning solid fuel, gas, or oil, to provide hot water, esp for central heating
a large tub for boiling laundry
a tough old chicken for cooking by boiling

Origin of boiler¹

First recorded in 1530–40; boil ¹ + -er ¹

“Hayden took J.W. into a boiler room in the City of Ferguson jail,” the papers charge.

She held on to the hair as Hayden led her further back into the boiler room.

They look at each other meaningfully—and repair to the boiler room for some torrid sex.

Workers on the iron horse shoveled coal into a boiler, which propelled the engine and sent steam and smoke billowing into the sky.

Stratton Oakmont was a classic boiler room—it even inspired a 2000 movie called Boiler Room.

A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.

The boiler is strong enough and large enough to work this engine with 30 lbs.

The boiler was of wrought iron, built in brickwork, and looked like a big kitchen-boiler.

A flattish cover was bolted on to the top of the boiler, and the cylinder was let down into this top.

The boiler was placed underneath the engine, the fire under it, with brick flues.

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