firebox
the furnace of a locomotive, where coal, oil, or other fuel is burned to generate steam.
a box or panel with a device for notifying the fire station of an outbreak of fire.
Obsolete. a tinderbox.
Origin of firebox
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How to use firebox in a sentence
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5 browser extensions that will keep you from drowning in tabs | David Nield | January 12, 2022 | Popular-ScienceSolo StoveThe Big Green Egg’s oblong ceramic chamber draws heat from a pile of charcoal burning in a firebox below.
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.
The live cinders from the firebox went up the chimney all night, and fell in showers on deck.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonThe earliest of the modern steam boilers to come into use was the locomotive fire tube type, with a special firebox.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. Stephenson
Crown-sheetThe sheet of steel at the top of the firebox, just under the water in the boiler.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonIn a locomotive boiler the mud accumulates in the water leg, below the firebox.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonInstead, he throws on great shovelsful of coal at a time, and has the coal up to the firebox door.
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British Dictionary definitions for firebox
/ (ˈfaɪəˌbɒks) /
the furnace chamber of a boiler in a steam locomotive
an obsolete word for tinderbox
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