engine room

British  

noun

1. a place where engines are housed, esp on a ship

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Example Sentences

And, very briefly, he was chancellor and then the most senior minister at the Cabinet Office, the engine room of Whitehall.

From BBC

Meanwhile, the 820-foot Virat began spewing heavy smoke from its engine room after being hit at a point farther east along the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the morning of the 13th, sensors in the engine room had registered radiation levels on deck at more than twice normal.

From Literature

We went to the engine room to see what the problem was.

From Literature

If you see a QB and a running back simultaneously having sensational runs, you know there are some large men moving bodies in the engine room.

From The Wall Street Journal