English

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Etymology

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From boiler +‎ house.

Noun

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boilerhouse (plural boilerhouses)

  1. A building containing a boiler.
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 23, in Small Island[1], London: Review, page 244:
      I had to collect up all the scrawny dead birds with their swollen blind eyes, throw them into a barrow and take them to the boilerhouse for burning.
  2. (nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
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