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boilerhouse

boilerhouse noun: a building containing a boiler.

Noun

boilerhouse (plural boilerhouses)

  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.2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 23, in Small Island, London: Review, page 244
  2. The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.

Forms of boilerhouse

pluralboilerhouses

Origin of boilerhouse

From boiler + house.

Questions about boilerhouse

What does boilerhouse mean?
Boilerhouse means a building containing a boiler.
What part of speech is boilerhouse?
Boilerhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of boilerhouse?
The plural of boilerhouse is boilerhouses.

Words near boilerhouse in the dictionary

  1. boiler tickets
  2. boiler tube
  3. boiler tubes
  4. boilerful
  5. boilerfuls
  6. boilerhouse
  7. boilerhouses
  8. boileries
  9. boilerless
  10. boilermaker
  11. boilermakers

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