# boiler
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɔɪlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbɔɪlɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: boil‧er

### Etymology 1

From boil +‎ -er.

#### Noun

boiler (plural boilers)
* A person who boils something.
* A steam boiler.
* An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
* A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
* A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
* A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
* A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
* (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.

##### Derived terms

* back boiler
* Benghazi boiler
* boil
* boiled
* boiler cupboard
* boilerful
* boilerhouse
* boilerless
* boilermaker
* boilermaking
* boilerman
* boilerplate
* boiler room
* boiler shop
* boilersmith
* boiler suit
* boiler ticket
* boiler tube
* boiling
* boiling plate
* Brompton boiler
* bunny-boiler
* bunny boiler
* Cornish boiler
* donkey boiler
* double boiler
* flash boiler
* Galloway boiler
* glue boiler
* glue-boiler
* hand boiler
* Lancashire boiler
* pot boiler
* pot-boiler
* reboiler
* recovery boiler
* Scotch boiler
* Scotch marine boiler
* steam boiler
* water boiler

##### Related terms

* boilery

##### Descendants

* → Dutch: boiler
* → Japanese: ボイラー (boirā)

##### Translations
#### See also

* steam generator
* water heater

### Etymology 2

Shortening of boilerplate

#### Noun

boiler (plural not attested)
* (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
** 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, “Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?”, in comp.databases.oracle‎ (Usenet):While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
** 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet:
    Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
** 2007, Jim Casey, “Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars”, in tx.guns‎ (Usenet):Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
** 2009 March 30, hughess7, “Re: Mail merge to PDF”, in microsoft.public.access‎ (Usenet):Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!

### Anagrams

* libero, reboil

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔi̯.lər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: boi‧ler

### Noun

boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)
* water heater

#### Related terms

* bouillon

### Anagrams

* libero

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

### Pronunciation

* (Switzerland) IPA: /bɔj.lœʁ/
* (Belgium) IPA: /bwa.lɛʁ/

### Noun

boiler m (plural boilers)
* water heater
* boiler

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boiler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔj.ler/
* Rhymes: -ɔjler
* Hyphenation: bòi‧ler

### Noun

boiler m (invariable)
* boiler (liquid-boiling device)
    Synonym: bollitore
** (colloquial) milk-boiler
    Synonym: bollilatte
* water heater
    Synonym: scaldabagno
* water tank (water container for places that don't have access to running water, like campers or boats)
    Hypernym: serbatoio

### Further reading

* boiler in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* boiler in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Boiler.

### Noun

boiler n (plural boilere)
* water heater

#### Declension
## Scots
### Etymology

From the English.

### Noun

boiler
* kettle