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boiler shop

boiler shop noun: a workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.

Noun

boiler shop (plural boiler shops)

  1. A workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.
    • [p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Boiler Shop: Overhaul and testing of boilers, manufacture of light plate details, tender plating.
    • [p162] It may seem incongruous that a locomotive works should build landing craft and refuelling barges, but this type of work did not prove so difficult for a well-equipped boiler shop.
    • [p163] The boiler shop welders, whose skill is of an extremely high standard, are trained [...] at the welding school close by the laboratory in the main works building.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 162, 163

Forms of boiler shop

pluralboiler shops

Questions about boiler shop

What does boiler shop mean?
Boiler shop means a workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.
What part of speech is boiler shop?
Boiler shop is a noun.
What is the plural of boiler shop?
The plural of boiler shop is boiler shops.

Words near boiler shop in the dictionary

  1. boiler cupboards
  2. boiler plate
  3. boiler plates
  4. boiler room
  5. boiler rooms
  6. boiler shop
  7. boiler shops
  8. boiler suit
  9. boiler suits
  10. boiler ticket
  11. boiler tickets

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