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boilerhouse

noun

Etymology

From boiler + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as boilerhouse — “boiler + house”

Definitions

  1. A building containing a boiler.

    • I had to collect up all the scrawny dead birds with their swollen blind eyes, throw them into a barrow and take them to the boilerhouse for burning.

  2. The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.

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