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# boiler

«boiler» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine in a house or building that heats water for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a boiler, boilers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A boiler is a machine in a house or building that heats water for taps, baths and radiators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#m1)

2) A boiler is a big closed tank where water is heated to make steam, as in a steam engine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a boiler heats the house; when it breaks, there is no hot water. In safety lessons: boilers need checking, as a broken one can leak carbon monoxide, a poison gas with no smell, which is why homes have alarms. In history and science steam engines and trains had huge boilers. Phrase: «boiler suit» (overalls).

### examples

- Our boiler broke, so we had cold showers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x1)
- The plumber came to fix the boiler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x2)
- Steam trains have a big boiler to make steam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x3)
- A carbon monoxide alarm is fitted near the boiler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x4)
- The boiler is in the kitchen cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x5)
- Dad wore a blue boiler suit to paint the shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/#x6)

### note

Countable: a boiler, boilers. From «boil». In the US, «furnace» or «water heater» is also used.

### In the corpora

- [The boiler heats the water and the radiators, and "packed in" means it has stopped working.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/5/)
- [Saving means putting money aside now for something bigger later, or for emergencies like a broken boiler.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boiler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boiler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.