boiler
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See also: Boiler
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: boil‧er
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]boiler (plural boilers)
- A person who boils something.
- A steam boiler.
- An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
- A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
- A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
- A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
- A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
- (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.
Derived terms
[edit]- back boiler
- Benghazi boiler
- boil
- boiled
- boiler cupboard
- boilerful
- boilerhouse
- boilerless
- boilermaker
- boilermaking
- boilerman
- boilerplate
- boiler room
- boiler shop
- boilersmith
- boiler suit
- boiler ticket
- boiler tube
- boiling
- boiling plate
- Brompton boiler
- bunny-boiler
- bunny boiler
- donkey boiler
- double boiler
- flash boiler
- glue boiler
- glue-boiler
- hand boiler
- Lancashire boiler
- pot-boiler
- pot boiler
- reboiler
- recovery boiler
- Scotch boiler
- Scotch marine boiler
- steam boiler
- water boiler
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]steam boiler — see steam boiler
device for heating circulating water
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hot water heater with storage
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vessel for steaming or boiling food
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sunken reef on which the sea breaks heavily
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tough old chicken
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See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Shortening of boilerplate
Noun
[edit]boiler (plural not attested)
- (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
- 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet:
- Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)
Related terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]boiler m (plural boilers)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]boiler m (invariable)
- boiler (liquid-boiling device)
- Synonym: bollitore
- (colloquial) milk-boiler
- Synonym: bollilatte
- water heater
- Synonym: scaldabagno
- water tank (water container for places that don't have access to running water, like campers or boats)
- Hypernym: serbatoio
Further reading
[edit]- boiler in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- boiler in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]boiler n (plural boilere)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | boiler | boilerul | boilere | boilerele | |
genitive-dative | boiler | boilerului | boilere | boilerelor | |
vocative | boilerule | boilerelor |
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the English.
Noun
[edit]boiler
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔjler
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