boiler

English

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boiler

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: boil‧er

Etymology 1

boil +‎ -er

Noun

boiler (plural boilers)

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. (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: boiler
• → Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)

Translations

See also

• steam generator
• water heater

Etymology 2

Shortening of boilerplate

Noun

boiler (plural not attested)

1. (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
   • 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, “Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?”, in comp.databases.oracle‎ (Usenet):

     While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.

   • 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     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.

   • 2007, Jim Casey, “Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars”, in tx.guns‎ (Usenet):

     Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).

   • 2009 March 30, hughess7, “Re: Mail merge to PDF”, in microsoft.public.access‎ (Usenet):

     Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!

Anagrams

• libero, reboil

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔi̯.lər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: boi‧ler

Noun

boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)

1. water heater

Related terms

• bouillon

Anagrams

• libero

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): /bɔj.lœʁ/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /bwa.lɛʁ/

Noun

boiler m (plural boilers)

1. water heater
2. boiler

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔj.ler/
• Rhymes: -ɔjler
• Hyphenation: bòi‧ler

Noun

boiler m (invariable)

1. boiler (liquid-boiling device)

   Synonym: bollitore

   1. (colloquial) milk-boiler

      Synonym: bollilatte

2. water heater

   Synonym: scaldabagno

3. water tank (water container for places that don't have access to running water, like campers or boats)

   Hypernym: serbatoio

Further reading

• boiler in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• boiler in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Boiler.

Noun

boiler n (plural boilere)

1. water heater

Declension

Scots

Etymology

From the English.

Noun

boiler

1. kettle