smokebox

/ˈsməʊkbɒks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

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noun

A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney.

"[…] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe."

From smoke + box.

smokeboxes (plural)

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How do you pronounce smokebox?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsməʊkbɒks/.

What does smokebox mean?

A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney.

Where does smokebox come from?

From smoke + box.

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