Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chamber, such as the furnace of a steam locomotive, in which fuel is burned.
- noun A box containing a fire alarm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
chamber of asteam engine , or a steamlocomotive , in which thefuel is burned. - noun The part of a
fireplace where the fuel is burned. - noun vulgar A
redheaded woman (bysynecdoche ,pars pro toto ), or her redpubic hair , frombox ("vagina").
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
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Examples
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In general, most fireplaces do not have an operable flue damper to control the flow of smoke out the chimney or to keep the cool air from entering the firebox from the chimney above.
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In general, most fireplaces do not have an operable flue damper to control the flow of smoke out the chimney or to keep the cool air from entering the firebox from the chimney above.
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The back wall of the firebox is the fireback, and its floor is the inner hearth.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The back wall of the firebox is the fireback, and its floor is the inner hearth.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The back wall of the firebox is the fireback, and its floor is the inner hearth.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The back wall of the firebox is the fireback, and its floor is the inner hearth.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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It's their new model called the "firebox" made of eucalyptus wood and has a curved lid.
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It's their new model called the "firebox" made of eucalyptus wood and has a curved lid.
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Stacked in the firebox, logs waited for the opportunity to banish the chill that would replace the warmth of the late summer.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Stacked in the firebox, logs waited for the opportunity to banish the chill that would replace the warmth of the late summer.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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