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FIREBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firebox mean?
• FIREBOX (noun)
The noun FIREBOX has 1 sense:
1. a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
Familiarity information: FIREBOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("firebox" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
Holonyms ("firebox" is a part of...):
steam locomotive (a locomotive powered by a steam engine)
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