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boiler shops

boiler shops is the plural of boiler shop.

Meaning of boiler shop

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

Questions about boiler shops

What is boiler shops the plural of?
Boiler shops is the plural of boiler shop.

Words near boiler shops in the dictionary

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

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