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back boiler

back boiler noun: a boiler that supplies a central heating and hot water system and is fitted into a fireplace recess, normally behind a gas fire.

Noun

back boiler (plural back boilers)

  1. a boiler that supplies a central heating and hot water system and is fitted into a fireplace recess, normally behind a gas fire
  2. a similar boiler, that just supplies hot water, fitted behind an open fire or in a range.

Forms of back boiler

pluralback boilers

Questions about back boiler

What does back boiler mean?
Back boiler means a boiler that supplies a central heating and hot water system and is fitted into a fireplace recess, normally behind a gas fire.
What part of speech is back boiler?
Back boiler is a noun.
What is the plural of back boiler?
The plural of back boiler is back boilers.

Words near back boiler in the dictionary

  1. back biters
  2. back block
  3. back blocks
  4. back board
  5. back boards
  6. back boiler
  7. back boilers
  8. back bone
  9. back bones
  10. back buffer
  11. back buffers

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