Boiler — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boiler noun A closed vessel or appliance used to heat water or produce steam, typically for heating a building or generating power.
Senses
Boiler is used for these senses in English:
- boiler 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.
- hot water heater An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).
- water heater An appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.