boiler room
a room in a building, ship, etc., that houses one or more steam boilers.
Slang.
a place where illicit brokers engage in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of a highly speculative nature or of dubious value.
any room or business where salespeople, bill collectors, solicitors for charitable donations, etc., conduct an intensive telephone campaign, especially in a fast-talking or intimidating manner.
Other words from boiler room
- boiler-room, adjective
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How to use boiler room in a sentence
Her photographs include cheerily decorated lounges, repurposed office spaces, prefabricated lactation pods, boiler rooms, restaurant basements, cafeterias, bathrooms, trains, and pop-up tents.
“Hayden took J.W. into a boiler room in the City of Ferguson jail,” the papers charge.
She held on to the hair as Hayden led her further back into the boiler room.
They look at each other meaningfully—and repair to the boiler room for some torrid sex.
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and AMC’s Push to Reset Dramas | Andrew Romano | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStratton Oakmont was a classic boiler room—it even inspired a 2000 movie called boiler room.
The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs | Jimmy So | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators, rudder indicators, clocks and thermostats were also electrical.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentBut she could not remain afloat with the four compartments and the forward boiler room (No. 6) also flooded.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentThis door and the one on the D bulkhead formed a double protection to the forward boiler room.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentThe boiler-room's bad enough, I grant ye that, but it's a darn sight better than goin' to jail.
By Right of Conquest | Arthur HornblowWe'll go now to the boiler-room and see how we make the steam that gives life to the cylinders.
By Right of Conquest | Arthur Hornblow
British Dictionary definitions for boiler room
any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces
the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen
(chiefly US) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure
a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares
(as modifier): a boiler-room scam
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