"Boiler" meaning in English

See Boiler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Boilers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Boiler (plural Boilers)
  1. Short for Brompton boiler. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Brompton boiler
    Sense id: en-Boiler-en-noun-i6jFh~~M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1866, Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 781:",
          "text": "Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of \"The Boilers,\" but, although in them, it is not of them.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Hannah Gay, The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007, page 62:",
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