- boiler boil·er n
- ['bɔɪlə(r)]
(gen) caldaia, (for domestic hot water) scaldabagno, scaldaacqua m inv
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Boiler — Boil er, n. 1. One who boils. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [1913 Webster] Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boiler iron — Boiler Boil er, n. 1. One who boils. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [1913 Webster] Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boiler plate — Boiler Boil er, n. 1. One who boils. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [1913 Webster] Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boiler — Boil er, n. A sunken reef; esp., a coral reef on which the sea breaks heavily. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boiler — [boil′ər] n. 1. a container in which things are boiled or heated 2. a tank in which water is turned to steam for heating or for power, as in a steam engine 3. a tank for heating water and storing it … English World dictionary
boiler — (n.) 1540s, agent noun from BOIL (Cf. boil) (v.). Meaning vessel for boiling is from 1725; steam engine sense is from 1757. Boilermaker shot of whiskey with a glass of beer is short for boilermaker s delight (1910), strong cheap whiskey, so… … Etymology dictionary
boil|er|plate — «BOY luhr PLAYT», noun, or boiler plate, 1. steel rolled in the form of flat plates, from ¼ to ½ inch in thickness, used especially for making boilers, tanks, and ships; boiler iron. 2. U.S. a fullsize model of a spacecraft, used in ground and… … Useful english dictionary
boiler room — boil·er room n: a room equipped with telephones used for making high pressure usu. fraudulent sales pitches Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. boiler room … Law dictionary
Boiler — Sm Gerät zur Bereitung von heißem Wasser erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. boiler, einem Nomen instrumenti zu ne. boil kochen, erhitzen , aus afrz. bolir, aus l. bullīre (eigentlich Blasen werfen ), einer Ableitung von l. bulla f … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Boiler — »Warmwasserspeicher«: Das Substantiv wurde im 20. Jh. aus engl. boiler entlehnt. Dies gehört zu engl. to boil »aufwallen machen; erhitzen«, das über mengl. boilen auf afrz. boillir (= frz. bouillir) < lat. bullire zurückgeht; Stammwort ist lat … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
boiler — boil•er [[t]ˈbɔɪ lər[/t]] n. 1) mac a closed vessel in which water is heated to make steam for powering turbines, supplying heat, etc 2) coo a vessel, as a kettle, for boiling or heating 3) a tank in which water is heated and stored, as for… … From formal English to slang
