FIREBOX

Firebox

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name.

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fire box

Noun

  1. The hearth of a metal-forging shop; the forge of a smithy.
  2. An enclosed hearth with hatch for refueling that is attached to or built into a boiler that supplies steam for mechanical power.
    The brakeman had to help the fireman shovel coal into the firebox as the engineer coaxed his locomotive up grade.
  3. The internal hearth of a furnace, stove, or heater.
  4. The hearth of an outdoor grill.
    When the bottom of the grill firebox burned through, everybody ran over and stomped embers too keep the picnic shelter from catching fire.


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firebox

Noun

  1. The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
  2. The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
  3. A redheaded woman (by synecdoche, pars pro toto), or her red pubic hair, from .


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