boilerhouse
English
Etymology
boiler + house
Noun
boilerhouse (plural boilerhouses)
- A building containing a boiler.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Twenty-three, p. 244,
- I had to collect up all the scrawny dead birds with their swollen blind eyes, throw them into a barrow and take them to the boilerhouse for burning.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Twenty-three, p. 244,
- (nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
Related terms
- boiler room