engine room
engine room noun: a compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
Noun
engine room (plural engine rooms)
- A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
- Synonyms:
- engineering
- The engine compartment of a diesel locomotive.
- For rigidity, two bulkheads are provided which are welded to the sides and underframe and which separate the cabs from the engine room.1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601
- The midfield.
- When I look at what is going wrong for Liverpool at the moment, a lot of it stems from the engine room of the team - the midfield.2017 February 10, Mark Lawrenson, “Liverpool playing sideways and safe - why the Reds' midfield is misfiring”, in BBC
- The pair of locks in a team.
- The front row.
- The rhythm section of a steel band.
- And no steel band would be complete without its rhythm section or engine room, as the percussion section is known.2018, Polly Thomas, The Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Apa Publications, →ISBN
Synonyms of engine room
Forms of engine room
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Questions about engine room
- What does engine room mean?
- Engine room means a compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
- What part of speech is engine room?
- Engine room is a noun.
- What is the plural of engine room?
- The plural of engine room is engine rooms.
Words near engine room in the dictionary
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