fireroom

3 definitions found

fireroom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stokehold \Stoke"hold`\, n. (Naut.)
     The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a
     ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a
     ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced
     draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American
     ships, fireroom.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Fireroom \Fire"room`\, n.
     Same as Stokehold, below.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

fireroom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fireroom
      n 1: (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of
           a ship are stoked or fired [syn: stokehold, stokehole,
           fireroom]