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fireboxes

fireboxes is the plural of firebox.

Meaning of firebox

Noun

firebox (plural fireboxes)

  1. The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
    • The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2." […] Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273
  2. The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
  3. (slang, vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.

Questions about fireboxes

What is fireboxes the plural of?
Fireboxes is the plural of firebox.

Words near fireboxes in the dictionary

  1. firebombs
  2. firebombs a Walmart
  3. firebote
  4. firebotes
  5. firebox
  6. fireboxes
  7. fireboy
  8. fireboys
  9. firebrand
  10. firebrandish
  11. firebrandism

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