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stokeholds

stokeholds is the plural of stokehold.

Meaning of stokehold

Noun

stokehold (plural stokeholds)

  1. A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
    • Yarrow's patent water tight ash pans are fitted to each boiler, to prevent the fire being extinguished by a sudden influx of water into the stokehold.1887, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
    Synonyms:
    fireroom, stokehole

Questions about stokeholds

What is stokeholds the plural of?
Stokeholds is the plural of stokehold.

Words near stokeholds in the dictionary

  1. Stoke-on-Trent
  2. stoked
  3. stoked up
  4. Stokeham
  5. stokehold
  6. stokeholds
  7. stokehole
  8. stokeholes
  9. Stokely
  10. Stokelys
  11. Stokenchurch

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