English Explanatory Dictionary

boiler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who boils something.
  2. A steam boiler.
  3. An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
  4. 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.
  5. A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
  6. A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
  7. A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
  8. An old woman.
noun
  1. Boilerplate.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɔɪlə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boiler.wav /ˈbɔɪlɚ/

Word forms

boiler boilers

Etymology

From boil + -er.

Related words

boilery steam generator water heater

Derived words

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 combi boiler combination boiler Cornish boiler donkey boiler double boiler flash boiler Galloway 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 water-tube boiler

Translations

Albanian: kaldajë Arabic: غَلَّايَة Belarusian: кацёл Bulgarian: парен котел Bulgarian: бо́йлер Burmese: ဘွိုင်လာ Burmese: ရေနွေးအိုး Chinese Mandarin: 鍋爐 /锅炉 Czech: kotel Czech: bojler Dutch: ketel Dutch: boiler Estonian: katel Estonian: boiler Finnish: lämmityskattila Finnish: lämminvesivaraaja Finnish: boileri French: chaudière French: chauffe-eau Gallurese: pagghjòla Georgian: მადუღარა German: Kessel German: Boiler Greek: λέβητας Greek: ατμολέβητας Greek: θερμοσίφωνας Hebrew: דוד Hebrew: דּוּד Hungarian: bojler Hungarian: kazán Italian: caldaia Italian: scaldabagno Italian: boiler Italian: bollitore Japanese: ボイラー Korean: 보일러 Central Kurdish: کوڵێنەر Latin: aena Low German: Ketel Macedonian: котел Malay: dandang Māori: kōhua Marathi: बॉयलर Mongolian: уурын зуух Mongolian: уурын тогоо Polish: kocioł Polish: bojler Portuguese: caldeira Russian: котёл Russian: парово́й котёл Russian: бо́йлер Russian: кипяти́льник Campidanese Sardinian: labía Campidanese Sardinian: caddaxu Campidanese Sardinian: cardaxu Sardinian: caddarzu Sardinian: labía Sicilian: caudara Sicilian: callara Sicilian: quadara Sicilian: codara Slovak: kotol Spanish: caldera Spanish: calentador Spanish: bóiler Spanish: boiler Spanish: calefón Spanish: terma Spanish: termotanque Swedish: värmepanna Swedish: panna Swedish: varmvattenberedare Turkish: kazan Ukrainian: коте́л Urdu: گِیزَر
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