boiler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɔɪlə/
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/ˈbɔɪlə/ · /ˈbɔɪlɚ/

Definition of boiler

10 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who boils something.
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noun

  1. A person who boils something.
  2. A steam boiler.
  3. An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
  4. A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
  5. A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
  6. A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
  7. A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
  8. (Australia, UK, derogatory, slang)An old woman.
  9. (informal, no-plural, rare)Boilerplate.
    “While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.”
    “Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.”
    “Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).”
    “Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!”
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.
    “Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.”
    “The quadrangle, unlike the Boilers (which were later moved to house the Bethnal Green Museum), still stands as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.”

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Etymology

From boil + -er.

Anagrams of boiler

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

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