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engine room

engine room

39 4.1
The room on a ship, train, or in a building where the engine and other machines are kept and run
  • noun
  • /ˈɛn.dʒɪn ruːm/
translation icon : sala de máquinas
  • During the inspection, we found that the engine room needed some repairs due to wear and tear.
  • access to the engine room
  • engine room door
  • engine room crew

Yep, you should pipe the enterprise engine room sound through it all the time.

Examples

  • The engine room is black with soot, the turbines covered in halon powder.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Down in the engine room, the creaking and groaning of the hull were uncommonly clamorous.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • - Can you take care of the engine room?

    Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

  • The next stop will be the engine room.

    Titanic (1997)

  • Get to the engine room and get me any power you can, fast.

    Deep Rising (1998)

  • This path runs adjacent to the engine room.

    Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

  • We've got to get him in the engine room.

    Eye of the Beast (2007)

  • How's it feel up from the engine room?

    Pearl Harbor (2001)

  • Epps, we're heading for the main engine room.

    Ghost Ship (2002)

  • The crew is working hard in the engine room to keep the ship running smoothly.

Synonyms

fireroom
vsengine room
  • Archaic
9.9

A ship room where crew feed the fires that make steam for engines

is the compartment for engines and machinery rather than furnaces

Surface Forms

engine room singular
engine rooms plural

Morphology

engine + room

The meaning 'the room where the engine and machinery are located' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'engine' (machine) with 'room' (indoor space); this noun–noun composition names a location containing the engine. This is a common, literal compound across languages and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

The name engine room comes from a very simple picture: a room that holds the engine and other machines. Imagine a hot, noisy space deep inside a ship or train where people watch the controls and keep the vehicle running, so today engine room means 'the room where the engine and other machines are kept and operated'.