Hypocaust Definition

hīpə-kôst
noun
A space below the floor in some ancient Roman buildings, into which hot air was piped to warm the rooms.
Webster's New World
An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
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Other Word Forms of Hypocaust

Noun

Singular:
hypocaust
Plural:
hypocausts

Origin of Hypocaust

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin hypocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupo, “underneath”) + καίειν (kaiein, “to light a fire, burn”)

    From Wiktionary

Hypocaust 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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