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boiler

[boi-ler] / ˈbɔɪ lər /


NOUN
caldron
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NOUN
kettle
Synonyms


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On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

There will also be information on solar panels, heat pumps and boiler upgrades.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Minutes later, Campbell is spotted wearing a boiler suit going out the same door.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The manager of the boiler and turbine department and a half-dozen staff members had donned body armor and stayed in the control room to monitor the equipment during the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Father said that when I am angry I become full of pent-up emotion, the same way the boiler on a locomotive becomes full of steam.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman