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engine rooms

engine rooms is the plural of engine room.

Meaning of engine room

Noun

engine room (plural engine rooms)

  1. A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
    Synonyms:
    engineering
  2. 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
  3. (figuratively) 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
  4. (figuratively, rugby union) The pair of locks in a team.
  5. (figuratively, rugby league) The front row.
  6. (figuratively) 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

Questions about engine rooms

What is engine rooms the plural of?
Engine rooms is the plural of engine room.

Words near engine rooms in the dictionary

  1. engine oil
  2. engine oils
  3. engine order telegraph
  4. engine order telegraphs
  5. engine room
  6. engine rooms
  7. engine shed
  8. engine sheds
  9. engine trouble
  10. engine troubles
  11. engine turning

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