engine room

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Noun

engine room (plural engine rooms)

1. A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.

   Synonym: engineering

2. (idiomatic) The source of power in a team or other group.

Related terms

• engine bay
• engine compartment

Translations

compartment on a ship

• Danish: maskinrum n
• Finnish: konehuone (fi)
• French: salle des machines (fr) f
• German: Maschinenraum (de) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maskinrom n, motorrom n

  Nynorsk: maskinrom n, motorrom n