fireroom

9.9

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

noun

Archaic

: sala de calderas

Temperatures in the fireroom often soared during long journeys.

Examples

The fireroom was too hot.
The fireroom is too hot!
He was assigned to the fireroom during his time aboard the old steamship.
The sailors worked tirelessly in the fireroom, keeping the ship's engines running.
The crew worked diligently in the fireroom to keep the ship's furnaces fueled and operational.
High temperatures were recorded in the fireroom, affecting the crew's ability to work effectively.
To ensure safety, all personnel were trained on the proper procedures for operating in the fireroom.

Synonyms

stokehold

vsfireroom

Archaic

9.9

A hot room in a ship where crew shovel coal into furnaces

is the broader nautical chamber term not limited to steam vessels

stokehole

vsfireroom

Archaic

9.9

A hot room on a steam ship where crew shovel coal into furnaces

is the general nautical chamber term used across ships not only steam ones

Surface Forms

fireroom singular

firerooms plural

Morphology

fireroom = fire + room (semi-transparent) = fire + room

The components 'fire' + 'room' are obvious, but the term denotes a specialized nautical compartment (the ship's furnace area) that may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Fireroom is made from the two simple English parts fire ('heat, burning') and room ('space'). On old steamships it named the space where the ship's fires were kept and fed to make steam for the engines, so a fireroom is the ship room for the furnaces and boilers.