boiler

Syllables: boil·er/ˈbɔɪlə/US/ˈbɔɪlɚ/

boiler noun: a person who boils something.

Noun (1)

boiler (plural boilers)

A person who boils something.
A steam boiler.
- If such was the case and a hole drilled through the brace in the boiler, it might become stopped up opposite the gauge cock and the steam would leak down between the boiler head and the brace on the inside, which would perhaps cause a flutter of steam and water to show at the gauge cock when open.1907, W. G. Wallace, Locomotive Breakdown Questions, F.J. Drake & Company, page 87
An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
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.
A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
(Australia, UK, derogatory, slang) An old woman.

Noun (2)

boiler (plural not attested)

(informal, no plural, rare) 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.1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, “Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?”, in comp.databases.oracle (Usenet)
- 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.2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet

Noun (3) capitalized: Boiler

Boiler (plural Boilers)

(abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.
- Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.1866, Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 781
- 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.2007, Hannah Gay, The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007, page 62

boiler meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

boiler in Marathi

device for heating circulating water: बॉयलर bŏylar

boiler in Urdu

device for heating circulating water: گِیزَر gīzar

boiler in Bengali

বয়লার

More languagesFewer languages

boiler in Malayalam: ബോയിലർ, ബോയ്ലർ, ബോയിളർ
boiler in Kannada: ಬಾಯ್ಲರ್
boiler in Punjabi: ਬਾਇਲਰ, ਬੋਇਲਰ
boiler in Odia: ବଯ଼ଲର, ବଯ଼ଲାର, ବଏଲର୍
boiler in Nepali: बायलर, बॉयलर, बोइलर
boiler in Arabic: غَلَّايَة ḡallāya
boiler in Malay: dandang
boiler in Myanmar: ဘွိုင်လာ bhwuingla, ရေနွေးအိုး re-nwe:ui:

Examples of boiler in a sentence

Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).2007, Jim Casey, “Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars”, in tx.guns (Usenet):
Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!2009 March 30, hughess7, “Re: Mail merge to PDF”, in microsoft.public.access (Usenet):

All 40 example sentences with boiler

Forms of boiler

plural	boilers
plural	Boilers

Plural of boiler: boilers

Origin of boiler

From boil + -er.

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate English boilerplateclip. English boiler Clipping of boilerplate.

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Words that rhyme with boiler

Questions about boiler

What does boiler mean?: Boiler means a person who boils something.
What is boiler in Hindi?: Boiler in Hindi is बॉयलर, बायलर. See Boiler meaning in Hindi.
How do you use boiler in a sentence?: Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
What part of speech is boiler?: Boiler is a noun.
How do you pronounce boiler?: Boiler is pronounced /ˈbɔɪlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of boiler?: The plural of boiler is boilers.

Words near boiler in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: boiler (page history and authors); Boiler (page history and authors); boiler (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boiler (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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