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firebox

[fahyuhr-boks]

fire·box

[fahyuhr-boks]
noun
1.
the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.
2.
the furnace of a locomotive, where coal, oil, or other fuel is burned to generate steam.
3.
a box or panel with a device for notifying the fire station of an outbreak of fire.
4.
Obsolete. a tinderbox.

Origin:
1545–55; fire + box1
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Firebox is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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firebox (ˈfaɪəˌbɒks)
 
n
1.  the furnace chamber of a boiler in a steam locomotive
2.  an obsolete word for tinderbox

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