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# firebox

«firebox» in Mova's school dictionary: **The part of a steam engine, boiler or stove where the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a firebox, fireboxes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a steam engine, boiler or stove where the fire burns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#m1)

2) (US, old) A box on a street with an alarm to call firefighters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A history and technology word: in steam trains the fireman shovels coal into the firebox to heat water and make steam. In The Wind in the Willows Toad escapes on a steam train and helps the engine driver, feeding the furnace — the firebox — with coal.

### examples

- The fireman shovelled coal into the firebox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x1)
- The firebox glowed red and hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x2)
- Steam engines boil water using heat from the firebox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x3)
- Toad helped stoke the engine's firebox as the train raced through the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x4)
- Never touch the firebox of a wood stove; it is very hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x5)
- The old engine's firebox had to be cleaned of ash every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firebox/#x6)

### note

Countable: a firebox, fireboxes. One word. In science, it shows how burning fuel makes heat that turns water into steam, which pushes the pistons. Not the same as a «fireplace» in a room, though both hold a fire.

### Trees and pragmatics

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