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STOKEHOLD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stokehold mean?
• STOKEHOLD (noun)
The noun STOKEHOLD has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Familiarity information: STOKEHOLD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fireroom; stokehold; stokehole
Hypernyms ("stokehold" is a kind of...):
chamber (a natural or artificial enclosed space)
Domain category:
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
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