July 14, 2006

stokehold

DEFINITION: (noun) The area or compartment into which a ship's furnaces or boilers open. SYNONYMS: fireroom, stokehole. USAGE: When the ship was sinking, many passengers were able to escape, but the stokehold crew was trapped below deck.
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