boiler room

English

Noun

boiler room (plural boiler rooms)

1. A room in a building that houses the boiler(s) and similar equipment.
2. A compartment on a steamship that houses the boiler.
3. (informal) A telemarketing firm that makes cold calls.

Related terms

• boilerhouse

Translations

room

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 鍋爐房／锅炉房 (zh) (guōlú fáng)

• Czech: kotelna (cs) f
• Finnish: pannuhuone
• French: chaufferie (fr) m
• German: Kesselraum
• Hebrew: חֶדֶר דְּוָדִים (he) m (kheder dvadim)
• Italian: locale delle caldaie
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ボイラー室 (ボイラーしつ, boirā shitsu)
• Portuguese: sala da caldeira
• Spanish: sala de calderas
• Swedish: pannrum (sv) n, panncentral (sv) c, värmecentral c
• Turkish: kazan dairesi

compartment on a steamship

• Finnish: pannuhuone
• Turkish: kazan dairesi

See also

• engine room
• machine room
• plant room