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smokeboxes

smokeboxes is the plural of smokebox.

Meaning of smokebox

Noun

smokebox (plural smokeboxes)

  1. A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney.
    • […] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the...1944 November and December, “Modified G.W.R. "Hall" Class Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 350

Questions about smokeboxes

What is smokeboxes the plural of?
Smokeboxes is the plural of smokebox.

Words near smokeboxes in the dictionary

  1. smokeball
  2. smokeballs
  3. smokeblower
  4. smokeblowers
  5. smokebox
  6. smokeboxes
  7. smokebush
  8. smokebushes
  9. smokechaser
  10. smokechasers
  11. smokecloud

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