(mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression. As in to put food on the table, to boil a pot of food.

A room in a building that houses the boiler(s) and similar equipment. / A compartment on a steamship that houses the boiler. / (informal) A telemarketing firm that makes cold calls.

A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.

plural of steam boiler

A boiler that is designed to produce steam.

A boiler for recovering the sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in a chemical wood pulping process.

A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated.

plural of boiler ticket

plural of flash boiler

The safety certificate issued for the boiler in a steam locomotive.