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Definition of Engine room
1. Noun. A room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located.
Definition of Engine room
1. Noun. A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) The source of power in a team or other group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engine Room
Literary usage of Engine room
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"There are three large watertight hatches in the main deck with spring covers,
which can be opened from either side, communicating with the engine room. ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... and barely clearing the main • condenser of the engine, through the iron bulk-
bead of the engine-room and the starboard steerage and mess lockers, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"The height of ceiling in this story is 17 feet, and it is arched over the
engine-room and the engineer's workroom, so as to give a proper support to the ..."
4. A Dictionary Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and by John Ramsay McCulloch (1842)
"The tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room shall be ... Length and
Contents of engine room to be set forth in Description of Steam Fessel— ..."
5. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot by George Byron Merrick (1909)
"... impressed themselves upon the memory of the young "cub" during his brief career
as an embryo engineer. The engine-room crew of a Mississippi steamer ..."
6. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Engine-room of Steamer.—Conversations on Coolies in the West Indies.—Halifax.—News
of Judge Story's Death.—Boston.—Success of the Mail Steam Packets. ..."
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