"smokebox" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sməʊkbɒks/ [UK] Forms: smokeboxes [plural]
Etymology: smoke + box Etymology templates: {{compound|en|smoke|box}} smoke + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} smokebox (plural smokeboxes)
  1. A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney. Wikipedia link: smokebox Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (chamber before chimney): savupesä (Finnish), boîte à fumée [feminine] (French), καπνοθάλαμος (kapnothálamos) [masculine] (Greek), dymnica [feminine] (Polish), sotskåp [neuter] (Swedish), rökskåp [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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