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boiler

[boi-ler] / ˈbɔɪ lər /


NOUN
caldron
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NOUN
kettle
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Another six were pictured on a counter with the Police Scotland production label stating they were found in a drawer under the boiler.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Officers did find a custom wooden library, a robotic lawnmower, a bathroom "vanity unit", a kitchen unit for the boiler and fitted mats at Sturgeon and Murrell's home.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Quasar alleges the encampment damaged the boiler and created the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The property’s boiler shot enormous pressure through the complex’s 60-year-old pipes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

But I hadn’t minded him coming into the boiler hut after me.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

There is also the green transition to pay for, with the household set to shell out £11 million a year replacing old gas boilers with new heat pumps at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Scotland currently hosts the UK's only large-scale trial of using hydrogen for domestic heating - the H100 project in Fife where 300 homes have been offered hydrogen boilers, supplied by a bespoke gas network.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Heat pumps run on electricity instead of gas, and are more efficient than traditional boilers.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

"The typical experience is coloured by the fact that heat pumps make colder water than gas boilers, and if you don't change your radiators your house will be cold," he says.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

In practice, the engine was used to power ornamental fountains, but not to pump water out of mines, because Savery could not build boilers and cylinders which would sustain a sufficiently high pressure.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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