Boiler

See also: boiler

English

Noun

Boiler (plural Boilers)

1. Short for Brompton boiler.
   • 1866, Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 781:

     Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.

   • 2007, Hannah Gay, The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007, page 62:

     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.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Boiler m (strong, genitive Boilers, plural Boiler)

1. (tank-type) water heater

Declension

Declension of Boiler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Boiler	die	Boiler
genitive	eines	des	Boilers	der	Boiler
dative	einem	dem	Boiler	den	Boilern
accusative	einen	den	Boiler	die	Boiler

Further reading

• “Boiler” in Duden online