1A building containing a device for heating water.
an old boiler house at the end of the garden
Example sentencesExamples
Residents were told last Monday a boiler house would be shut down for two days for plumbing work.
There is a boiler house for the oil fired heating system.
Outside there is a garage, a store and a boiler house.
The complex was served by a coal-fired boiler house.
Asbestos was in the pipe lagging and in the boiler house and all that was stripped out.
The industrial infrastructure needed to keep the university running included a huge boiler house, a feature the university was so proud of it took visitors to see it.
The entire boiler house has been completely demolished.
The large boiler house also functions as a utility room.
The exterior contains a spacious garden to the rear with a patio area and a boiler house.
There was a plume of what looked like smoke coming out of the boiler house attached to the bungalow.
2Rugby The second row in a scrum formation.
the sheer power and bulk in the Castleknock boiler house
he is set to partner Ian Evans in the boiler house for Wales
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He adds his 18 stone to the boiler house after being asked to address his fitness levels back in December and responding with gratifying enthusiasm.
His 10th game in the boilerhouse was his first-team debut for Dundee, and shortly afterwards he moved into the back row.
He is not best suited to the graft and grind of the second row boilerhouse.
He will welcome his start in the boiler-house.
There is a suspicion that the selectors may have dropped the wrong lock to the bench last weekend to make way for his move into the boilerhouse.
Definition of boiler house in US English:
boiler house
noun
1A building containing a device for heating water.
the project entails constructing a new boiler house to contain two new boilers
Example sentencesExamples
There is a boiler house for the oil fired heating system.
Residents were told last Monday a boiler house would be shut down for two days for plumbing work.
The complex was served by a coal-fired boiler house.
The entire boiler house has been completely demolished.
The industrial infrastructure needed to keep the university running included a huge boiler house, a feature the university was so proud of it took visitors to see it.
The exterior contains a spacious garden to the rear with a patio area and a boiler house.
Outside there is a garage, a store and a boiler house.
There was a plume of what looked like smoke coming out of the boiler house attached to the bungalow.
Asbestos was in the pipe lagging and in the boiler house and all that was stripped out.
The large boiler house also functions as a utility room.
2Rugby The second row in a scrum formation.
the sheer power and bulk in the Castleknock boiler house
he is set to partner Ian Evans in the boiler house for Wales
Example sentencesExamples
He is not best suited to the graft and grind of the second row boilerhouse.
He will welcome his start in the boiler-house.
There is a suspicion that the selectors may have dropped the wrong lock to the bench last weekend to make way for his move into the boilerhouse.
He adds his 18 stone to the boiler house after being asked to address his fitness levels back in December and responding with gratifying enthusiasm.
His 10th game in the boilerhouse was his first-team debut for Dundee, and shortly afterwards he moved into the back row.