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Definition of Stokehold
1. Noun. (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
Exact synonyms: Fireroom, Stokehole
Category relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Generic synonyms: Chamber
Category relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Generic synonyms: Chamber
Definition of Stokehold
1. n. 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.
Definition of Stokehold
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