Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stokehold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stoke-hold
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.

Example Sentences

"Yarrow's patent water tight ash pans are fitted to each boiler, to prevent the fire being extinguished by a sudden influx of water into the stokehold."
"A plume of smoke went nearly straight up from the funnel, and now and then the clang of furnace-slice and shovel rose from the stokehold, for Mayne hoped to float the vessel next tide."
"The noise and roar of the engines was ever in my ears, and the peculiar ocean-like noise of the stokehold ... and the metallic clang of coal as it shot from shovels...."

Etymology

From stoke + hold.

Inflected Forms

stokeholds (plural)

Synonyms

fireroom stokehole

Questions

What does stokehold mean?: A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
Where does stokehold come from?: From stoke + hold.

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