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n. An enclosed vessel in which water is heated and circulated, either as hot water or as steam, for heating or power.

n. A container, such as a kettle, for boiling liquids.

n. A storage tank for hot water.

n. An apparatus that generates heat (usually by burning fuel) and uses it to heat circulating water (or sometimes another liquid) in a closed system that is then used for space heating, swimming pool heating, or domestic hot water or industrial processes.

n. Less commonly, a hot water heater.

n. A fuel burning apparatus in which water is boiled to produce steam for space heating, power generation, or industrial processes. (more precisely) An apparatus in which a heat source other than a hot liquid or steam (most commonly burning fuel, exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or gas turbine, waste heat from a process, solar energy or electricity) is used to boil water (or rarely another liquid), under pressure to provide steam (or other gas) for use as a heat source in calorifiers, heat exchangers or heat emitters, or for use directly for humidification, in an industrial process, or to power steam turbines.

n. A kitchen vessel for steaming or boiling food.

n. Boilerplate.

n. One who boils.

n. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.

n. A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.

n. A sunken reef; esp., a coral reef on which the sea breaks heavily.

n. A person who boils.

n. A vessel in which anything is boiled.

n. A strong metallic structure in which steam is generated for driving engines or for other purposes. See steam-boiler.

n. Something, as a vegetable, that is suitable for boiling.

n. A small isolated reef or atoll below water.

n. A boiler whose cross-section is an oval or an ellipse.

n. A boiler made up of a number of tubes in which steam is generated; a water-tube boiler.

n. sealed vessel where water is converted to steam

n. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

"To do away with the confusion resulting from an indefinite meaning of the term boiler horse power, the Committee of Judges in charge of the boiler trials at the Centennial Exposition, 1876, at Philadelphia, ascertained that a good engine of the type prevailing at the time required approximately 30 pounds of steam per hour per horse power developed."

boiler iron   

niclausse boiler    drop-flue boiler    multitubular boiler    belleville boiler    oval boiler    elliptical boiler    sectional boiler    field boiler    double boiler    lancashire boiler   

caldron    copper   

Euler    broiler    oiler    spoiler   

furnace    kettle    oven    heater    stave    cylinder    pump    tank    burner    steam