firebox

[ fahyuhr-boks ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌbɒks /

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noun

the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.

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.

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Origin of firebox

First recorded in 1545–55; fire + box¹

Words nearby firebox

fire blight, fireboard, fireboat, firebomb, fire boss, firebox, firebrand, firebrat, firebreak, firebrick, fire brigade

How to use firebox in a sentence

Solo StoveThe Big Green Egg’s oblong ceramic chamber draws heat from a pile of charcoal burning in a firebox below.
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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.
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The live cinders from the firebox went up the chimney all night, and fell in showers on deck.
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The 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. Stephenson
In a locomotive boiler the mud accumulates in the water leg, below the firebox.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
Instead, he throws on great shovelsful of coal at a time, and has the coal up to the firebox door.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

British Dictionary definitions for firebox

firebox

/ (ˈfaɪəˌbɒks) /

noun

the furnace chamber of a boiler in a steam locomotive

an obsolete word for tinderbox

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