Thesaurus: stokehold

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1. n. (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
2. The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.
3. The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of aship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also,a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closedstokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.
4. n. (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired