boiler
See also: Boiler
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlə/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: boil‧er
Etymology 1
boil + -er
Noun
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
- back boiler
- Benghazi boiler
- boil
- boiled
- boiler cupboard
- boilerplate
- boiler room
- boiler shop
- 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
- Lancashire boiler
- pot-boiler
- pot boiler
- recovery boiler
- Scotch boiler
- Scotch marine boiler
- steam boiler
- water boiler
Descendants
- → Dutch: boiler
- → Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)
Translations
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
- steam generator
- water heater
Etymology 2
Shortening of boilerplate
Noun
boiler (plural not attested)
- (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
- 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, "Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?", in comp.databases.oracle, Usenet:
- While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
- 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.
- 2007, Jim Casey, "Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars", in tx.guns, Usenet:
- Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
- 2009 March 30, "hughess7" (username), "Re: Mail merge to PDF", in microsoft.public.access, Usenet:
- Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!
- 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, "Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?", in comp.databases.oracle, Usenet:
Anagrams
- libero, reboil
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English boiler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.lər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: boi‧ler
Noun
boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)
- water heater
Related terms
- bouillon
Anagrams
- libero
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English boiler.
Pronunciation
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): /bɔjlœʁ/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /bwalɛʁ/
Noun
boiler m (plural boilers)
- water heater
- boiler
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔj.ler/
- Rhymes: -ɔjler
- Hyphenation: bòi‧ler
Noun
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
- boiler in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- boiler in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Romanian
Etymology
From German Boiler.
Noun
boiler n (plural boilere)
- water heater
Declension
Declension of boiler
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) boiler | boilerul | (niște) boilere | boilerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) boiler | boilerului | (unor) boilere | boilerelor |
vocative | boilerule | boilerelor |
Scots
Etymology
From the English.
Noun
boiler
- kettle