Boiler

See also: boiler

English

Noun

Boiler (plural Boilers)

  1. Short for Brompton boiler.
    • 1866, Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 781:
      Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them.
    • 2007, Hannah Gay, The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007, page 62:
      The quadrangle, unlike the Boilers (which were later moved to house the Bethnal Green Museum), still stands as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Boiler m (strong, genitive Boilers, plural Boiler)

  1. (tank-type) water heater

Declension
Declension of Boiler [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Boiler die Boiler
genitive eines des Boilers der Boiler
dative einem dem Boiler den Boilern
accusative einen den Boiler die Boiler

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.