boiler

noun
/ˈbɔɪlə/UK/ˈbɔɪlɚ/US

Etymology

Shortening of boilerplate

  1. inherited from *būlijō
  2. inherited from bȳl
  3. inherited from bile
  4. suffixed as boiler — “boil + er

Definitions

  1. A person who boils something.

  2. A steam boiler.

  3. An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.

  4. + 7 more definitions
    1. A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for…

      A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

    2. A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.

    3. A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.

    4. A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.

    5. An old woman.

    6. Boilerplate.

      • While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
      • Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
      • Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
    7. Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.

      • Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.
      • The quadrangle, unlike the Boilers (which were later moved to house the Bethnal Green Museum), still stands as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at boiler. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at boiler. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at boiler

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA