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boiler room

NOUN
bucket shop
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Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

Just behind the hot room is a boiler room.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

He and his siblings used to play in the ship’s boiler room, hopping between turbines.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2024

She led me to the service staircase, down past the alteration room, into the boiler room.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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