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stokehole

[ stohk-hohl ]

noun

  1. Also stoke·hold [] fireroom.
  2. a hole in a furnace through which the fire is stoked.


stokehole

/ ˈstəʊkˌhəʊl /

noun

  1. another word for stokehold
  2. a hole in a furnace through which it is stoked
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stokehole1

First recorded in 1650–60; stoke 1 + hole
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Example Sentences

In the end volunteers were taken into the stokehole and the Southland was beached.

For the temperature in the stokehole of a battleship, when forced draft is being used, is about the highest in the world.

He crawled down a short ladder and through low passageways dripping wet and so came into the stokehole.

Then I climbed down a ladder into the stokehole; nobody was there either.

He told her about his Caruso and the dancing team from the stokehole.

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