- stoker stok·er n
- ['stəʊkə(r)]
fuochista m
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stoker stok·er n
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Stoker — Stok er, n. [D. See {Stoke}, v. t.] 1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire. [1913 Webster] 2. A fire poker.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stoker — stok•er [[t]ˈstoʊ kər[/t]] n. 1) a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace that generates steam, as on a steamship 2) ene a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace • Etymology: 1650–60; < D,… … From formal English to slang
stok|er — «STOH kuhr», noun. 1. a worker who tends the fires of a furnace or boiler. 2. a mechanical device for putting coal in a furnace automatically. ╂[< Dutch stoker < stoken stoke, feed (a fire)] … Useful english dictionary
stoker — [stō′kər] n. [Du < stoken, to poke, stir up < stok, a stick: see STOCK] 1. a person who tends a furnace, specif. of a steam boiler, as, esp. formerly, on a ship, locomotive, etc. 2. a mechanical device that stokes a furnace … English World dictionary
stoker — stok|er [ˈstəukə US ˈstoukər] n someone whose job is to put coal or other ↑fuel on a fire or into a ↑furnace, for example on a ↑steamship or a steam train … Dictionary of contemporary English
stoker — stok|er [ stoukər ] noun count someone whose job is to add fuel to the fire on a ship or train … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stoker — stok·er … English syllables
stoker — stokerless, adj. /stoh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that stokes. 2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship. 3. Chiefly Brit. the fireman on a locomotive. 4. a mechanical device… … Universalium
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stoke — stoke1 [stōk] vt., vi. stoked, stoking [back form. < STOKER] 1. to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.) 2. to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.) 3. to feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up) stoke2 [stōk] n … English World dictionary
stoke — [17] Stoke is a back formation from stoker [17], which was borrowed from Dutch stoker. This in turn was derived from the verb stoken ‘put fuel into a furnace’, a descendant of Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’. And stoken came from a prehistoric… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
