boiler

noun9

1. •
   A steam boiler.
2. •
   An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
3. •
   A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
4. •
   A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
5. •
   A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
6. •
   (slang, offensive) An old woman.
7. •
   (informal, rare) Boilerplate.

   • While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table. — 1994
8. •
   A person who boils something.
9. •
   A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.

noun1

1. •
   Ellipsis of Brompton boiler.

   • Our Patent Museum now forms a portion of "The Boilers," but, although in them, it is not of them. — 1866