firebox Definition
fire·box (-bäks′)
noun
- the place for the fire in a locomotive engine, stove, etc.
- Obsolete a tinderbox
firebox Usage Examples
Converse of object
- curve: Shown here in chrome with a curved back silver firebox, which is also available in black.
- have: In addition to our main firebox we also have a secondary redundancy firebox to ensure maximum protection.
- include: Its long overhaul began in 1986 and included a new steel firebox.
- fill: The mother built the fire, the children kept the firebox filled, and the father cut the firewood.
- raise: They had 16 " x 24 " cylinders, 6ft diameter driving wheels, domeless boilers and raised firebox.
Adjective modifier
- inner: The fuel is burned on the grate of the inner firebox.
- outer: The boiler is prepared for patches to be applied over the shoulders of the outer firebox.
- new: The boiler was sent away some time ago for overhaul, which has included the fitting of a brand new firebox.
- large: Try to find a large firebox, don't bother with.. .
- wide: In addition Riddles added a wide firebox ( similar to those he later fitted to the large BR Standards ).
- long: As can be seen in the photograph, the engine has a very large extra long firebox.
Modifies a noun
- tubeplate: All the tubes have been expanded in the firebox tubeplate end.
- cladding: Leon Salter rolls out the metal to make a new firebox cladding band.
- stays: Some firebox stays are also weeping, which are also being attended to.
- crown: Firebox crown The metal plate making up the top surface of the inner part of a firebox.
- plate: The new firebox wrapper plate has been removed for drilling following its test fitting.
- volume: On such small locomotives retaining the maximum firebox volume is crucial to the use of steel is very important.
Noun used with modifier
- copper: The boiler will need to be removed; the copper firebox will also need to have new stays.
- steel: To reduce weight and cost, a welded steel firebox was fitted, as was then common practice in America and Europe.
- locomotive: The steam locomotive firebox can be adapted to burn more or less any commodity cleanly.
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