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mechanical stokers

mechanical stokers is the plural of mechanical stoker.

Meaning of mechanical stoker

Noun

mechanical stoker (plural mechanical stokers)

  1. A device for moving coal, coke or anthracite into the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, which was fitted to many large steam locomotives.
    • These boats maintain a speed of 21 knots and were built for coal firing, with mechanical stokers.1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, pages 393, 395

Questions about mechanical stokers

What is mechanical stokers the plural of?
Mechanical stokers is the plural of mechanical stoker.

Words near mechanical stokers in the dictionary

  1. mechanical shovel
  2. mechanical shovels
  3. mechanical splice
  4. mechanical splices
  5. mechanical stoker
  6. mechanical stokers
  7. mechanical sympathy
  8. Mechanical Turker
  9. Mechanical Turkers
  10. mechanicalist
  11. mechanicalists

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