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downcomers

downcomers is the plural of downcomer.

Meaning of downcomer

Noun

downcomer (plural downcomers)

  1. A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
  2. A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.

Questions about downcomers

What is downcomers the plural of?
Downcomers is the plural of downcomer.

Words near downcomers in the dictionary

  1. downcodes
  2. downcoding
  3. downcoiler
  4. downcome
  5. downcomer
  6. downcomers
  7. downcomes
  8. downcoming
  9. downconversion
  10. downconversions
  11. downconvert

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