boiler

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From boil +‎ -er.

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Dutch: boiler
  • Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Shortening of boilerplate

Noun

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boiler (plural not attested)

  1. (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
    • 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, “Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?”, in comp.databases.oracle[1] (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[2] (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[3] (Usenet):
      Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.lər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: boi‧ler

Noun

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boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)

  1. water heater
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English boiler.

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Noun

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boiler m (plural boilers)

  1. water heater
  2. boiler

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.

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Noun

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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

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Boiler.

Noun

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boiler n (plural boilere)

  1. water heater

Declension

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Scots

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Etymology

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From the English.

Noun

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boiler

  1. kettle