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boiler

noun

boil·​er ˈbȯi-lər How to pronounce boiler (audio)
1
: one that boils
2
a
: a vessel used for boiling
b
: the part of a steam generator in which water is converted into steam and which consists usually of metal shells and tubes
c
: a tank in which water is heated or hot water is stored
d
chiefly British : furnace

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For starters, the hot water will be pre-heated using energy collected from the air conditioning and refrigeration cooling systems, while the boiler will be powered by using recycled wood chips. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 May 2022 If that happens, the boiler can release gas inside the house, including carbon monoxide. Chris Smith, BGR, 24 July 2022 One of the Karlshamn plant’s two units had a boiler trip, according to a filing with power exchange Nord Pool ASA. Lars Paulsson, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Natalya Babeush, who worked as a high-pressure boiler operator at the plant before seeking refuge in one of the shelters, described a hunger so pernicious that children began to draw pictures of pizza and cake. New York Times, 20 July 2022 There are several types of coal ash, including fly ash, which is fine and powdery, bottom ash which is heavy and coarse, and boiler slag, which is melted bottom ash. Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021 There are graves for 35 Navy sailors killed in the boiler explosion aboard the gunboat Bennington in 1905. John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022 Unlike passenger locomotives belonging to competing railroads, Union Pacific’s steam engines would forgo streamlining, instead roaming the rails with their jumble of gears, steam hoses and boiler rivets exposed to the public eye. New York Times, 2 May 2022 Because no combustion occurs, the heating process generates far lower emissions than a fossil fuel-burning boiler produces and no nitrogen oxides, which worsen air quality. Sofia Lotto Persio, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of boiler was circa 1540

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