boiler
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See also: Boiler
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: boil‧er
Etymology 1
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
- 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
Descendants
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
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, “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!
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)
Related terms
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boiler m (plural boilers)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.
Pronunciation
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
Etymology
Noun
boiler n (plural boilere)
Declension
Etymology
From the English.
Noun
boiler
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