boiler

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(r)

[edit] Etymology

to boil + -er

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boiler (plural boilers)

1. 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.
2. Less commonly, a hot water heater.
3. (approximate definition) 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.
4. a kitchen vessel for steaming or boiling food

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[edit] See also

• steam generator
• water heater

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of beilor
• libero
• reboil