District schemes are seen as environmentally friendly because they provide heating for neighbourhoods from one central boiler.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Check to see if boiler heating systems require a special endorsement.
Christianity Today (2000)
The company is gearing up for production of its first fuel cell boilers towards the end of the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The company also manufactures the Ideal range of domestic gas boilers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So, is it worth looking at replacing your old oil or gas boiler?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Heat pumps will displace gas boilers, but that will be a slow process.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Don't attempt to remove a back boiler or a gas fire in the home.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Breathe easy Many people going abroad worry about the safety of gas boilers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The domestic boilers wouldn't boil.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
Costs have been cut by changing the crude mix and switching the plant's boilers to burn gas rather than more expensive fuel oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I want to know why those gas boilers were not identified, why they were not serviced regularly.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The lifespan of gas boilers is about 12 years, so yours could be considered well into middle age.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Gas powered the boilers, which drove a turbine at the car's rear linked to the back wheels.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Last week I got a whopping discount on a new gas boiler, on account of my age.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My advice for people is: watch out, get three quotes on the insulation and keep the new gas boiler running for another decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Tenants are benefiting from a range of new technologies, including double glazing and communal gas boilers with intelligent controls, which result in lower heating bills.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
boiler
British English: boiler /ˈbɔɪlə/ NOUN
A boiler is a device which burns fuel to provide hot water.
American English: boiler
Arabic: مِرْجَل
Brazilian Portuguese: caldeira
Chinese: 锅炉
Croatian: grijač za vodu
Czech: kotel
Danish: centralvarmefyr
Dutch: boiler
European Spanish: caldera
Finnish: höyrykattila
French: chaudière
German: Boiler
Greek: βραστήρας
Italian: caldaia
Japanese: ボイラー
Korean: 보일러
Norwegian: kjele
Polish: bojler
European Portuguese: caldeira
Romanian: boiler
Russian: котел
Latin American Spanish: caldera
Swedish: panna värme
Thai: หม้อน้ำ
Turkish: kazan
Ukrainian: котел
Vietnamese: nồi hơi
All related terms of 'boiler'
back boiler
a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water
boiler room
any room in a building (often in the basement ) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
boiler suit
A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket . You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working .
soap boiler
a manufacturer of soap
boiler house
a building housing a boiler
bunny boiler
a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
double boiler
a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans , one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling , gently heats food in the upper pan
steam-boiler
a vessel in which water is boiled to generate steam . An industrial boiler usually consists of a system of parallel tubes through which water passes, suspended above a furnace
condensing boiler
an energy-efficient boiler that makes use of what would otherwise be waste heat
water tube boiler
a steam generator consisting of water drums and steam drums connected by banks of tubes through which the water is circulated . The tubes are exposed to the hot gases of the furnace and the heat transfer rate is high
potboiler
If you describe a book or film as a potboiler , you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality.