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boilersuit

boilersuit is the alternative spelling of boiler suit.

Meaning of boiler suit

Noun

boiler suit (plural boiler suits)

  1. A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
    • Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are...1994 November 5, Ross Tieman, “Yachtsmen on a long-term voyage to recovery”, in The Times, number 65,104, London, page 25

Forms of boilersuit

pluralboilersuits

Words formed from boilersuit

Questions about boilersuit

What is boilersuit the alternative spelling of?
Boilersuit is the alternative spelling of boiler suit.

Words near boilersuit in the dictionary

  1. boilerplates
  2. boilerplating
  3. boilers
  4. boilersmith
  5. boilersmiths
  6. boilersuit
  7. boilersuited
  8. boilersuits
  9. boilerwork
  10. boilerworks
  11. boilery

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