Hypocaust meaning

hī'pə-kôst'
A space under the floor of an ancient Roman building where heat from a furnace was accumulated to heat a room or a bath.
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A space below the floor in some ancient Roman buildings, into which hot air was piped to warm the rooms.
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An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
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An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
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Origin of hypocaust

Latin hypocaustum from Greek hupokauston from hupokaiein to light a fire beneath hupo- hypo- kaiein to burn

Sentence Examples

  • He has a hypocaust running under the main rooms to keep them cozy in winter.

  • In 1824 was found the hypocaust now in the grounds of the Girls ' High School, Greenhead.

  • It seems probable that this room contained a hypocaust and it may have related to a bath-house wing of the village.

  • In Britain the Romans found it so cold that they invented a sort of central heating called a hypocaust.

  • The gardens contain Roman artifacts from over the city and include a replica hypocaust (central heating system ).

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