boiler

See also: Boiler

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(r)
• 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. (Britain, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.

Derived terms

• boil
• boiled
• boilerplate
• boiler room
• boiler shop
• boiler tube
• boiling
• boiling plate
• bunny boiler
• donkey boiler
• double boiler
• steam boiler

 

Descendants

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

Translations

steam boiler — see steam boiler

device for heating circulating water

• Arabic: غَلَّايَة‎ f (ḡallāya)
• Bulgarian: парен котел m (paren kotel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍋爐 (zh), 锅炉 (zh) (guōlú)

• Czech: kotel (cs) m
• Estonian: katel (et)
• Finnish: lämmityskattila
• French: chaudière (fr) f
• Gallurese: pagghjòla
• Georgian: მადუღარა (maduɣara)
• German: Kessel (de) m, Boiler (de) m
• Greek: λέβητας (el) m (lévitas), ατμολέβητας (el) m (atmolévitas)
• Hebrew: דוד‎ (he) m (dud)
• Hungarian: bojler (hu), kazán (hu)
• Interlingue: bolliere, caldiere
• Italian: caldaia (it) f, scaldabagno (it) m, boiler (it) m

• Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)
• Korean: 보일러 (boilleo)
• Latin: aena f
• Low German: Ketel (nds) n
• Maori: kōhua
• Polish: kocioł (pl) m
• Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f
• Russian: котёл (ru) m (kotjól), парово́й котёл m (parovój kotjól), бо́йлер (ru) m (bójler)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: labía, caddaxu, cardaxu

  Logudorese: caddarzu, labía

• Sicilian: caudara (scn) f, callara (scn), quadara (scn), codara (scn)
• Spanish: caldera (es) f, calentador (es) m
• Swedish: värmepanna c, panna (sv) c
• Venetian: caldera f

hot water heater with storage

• Bulgarian: бо́йлер (bg) m (bójler)
• Czech: bojler (cs) m
• Estonian: boiler (et)
• Finnish: lämminvesivaraaja (fi), boileri (fi)
• German: Kessel (de) m, Boiler (de) m
• Greek: θερμοσίφωνας (el) (thermosífonas)
• Italian: bollitore m
• Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)
• Korean: 보일러 (boilleo)

• Maori: kōhua, kōhua
• Polish: bojler (pl) m
• Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f
• Russian: кипяти́льник (ru) m (kipjatílʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: coire m
• Spanish: calentador (es) m, bóiler (es) m (Mexico), calefón m (Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Uruguay), terma (es) f (Peru), termotanque (es) m (Argentina)
• Swedish: varmvattenberedare (sv) c
• Turkish: kazan (tr)

vessel for steaming or boiling food

• Finnish: keitin (fi) (for boiling), höyrykeitin (for steaming); keittoastia (fi) (any cooking vessel)

• Maori: kōhua

sunken reef on which the sea breaks heavily

• Finnish: hornankattila

tough old chicken

• Finnish: keittokana

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" (username), "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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔi̯.lər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: boi‧ler

Noun

boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)

1. water heater

Related terms

• bouillon

Anagrams

• libero

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Scots

Etymology

From the English

Noun

1. kettle