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firebox

[fahyuh r-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.
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Origin of firebox

First recorded in 1545–55; fire + box1
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Historical Examples of firebox

  • The ends of the fuses were hidden by the tinder of the fuel in the firebox.

    Bloom of Cactus

    Robert Ames Bennet

  • No piece larger than a mans fist should be put in a firebox.

  • The straw burners are provided with a firebrick arch in the firebox.

  • He sped not only with the firebox open but with the forced draught.

  • The short legs of the pan rested on the red-hot coals in the firebox, while the cover was always within reach.

British Dictionary definitions for firebox

firebox

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