boiler

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UK /ˈbɔɪlə/ US /ˈbɔɪlɚ/

noun 7

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

coal-fired, coke, electric, gas, gas-fired, oil-fired, solid-fuel, steam, water | central-heating

VERB + BOILER

install, put in | service

BOILER + VERB

come on

The heating boiler comes on automatically every morning at six o'clock.

go off | burst, explode

BOILER + NOUN

system | suit

Definitions

noun

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.

noun

Boilerplate.

While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.

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.

noun

Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.

Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.

The quadrangle, unlike the Boilers (which were later moved to house the Bethnal Green Museum), still stands as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a metal pot for stewing or boiling

kettle

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).

Wiktionary

Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.

Wiktionary

The quadrangle, unlike the Boilers (which were later moved to house the Bethnal Green Museum), still stands as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Wiktionary

The boiler was heavily scaled.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, boiler is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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