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 →

2) A boiler is a big closed tank where water is heated to make steam, as in a steam engine. tree →

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 →
• The plumber came to fix the boiler. tree →
• Steam trains have a big boiler to make steam. tree →
• A carbon monoxide alarm is fitted near the boiler. tree →
• The boiler is in the kitchen cupboard. tree →
• Dad wore a blue boiler suit to paint the shed. tree →

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.
• Saving means putting money aside now for something bigger later, or for emergencies like a broken boiler.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boiler» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.