Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Stokehole

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.

    "A few strange dead objects lay about. Old Ives collected them and put them in the stokehole."

  2. 2
    (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired wordnet
  3. 3
    The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.

Etymology

From stoke + hole, after Dutch stookgat.

See also for "stokehole"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: stokehole