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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 burnedplay

  Familiarity information: FIREBOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIREBOX (noun)


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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