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hypocaust
[ hahy-puh-kawst, hip-uh- ]
noun
- a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
hypocaust
/ ˈhaɪpəˌkɔːst /
noun
- an ancient Roman heating system in which hot air circulated under the floor and between double walls
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypocaust1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypocaust1
C17: from Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston room heated from below, from hupokaiein to light a fire beneath, from hypo- + kaiein to burn
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Example Sentences
It had no cloisters, no hypocaust, no suite or sequence of rooms.
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A large hypocaust is described with 120 columns of bricks, and is thought to have belonged to the public baths.
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Pliny describes a bedchamber in his villa warmed by the hypocaust and the tiles, with narrow openings.
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It has a well-preserved hypocaust, or apparatus for warming the house by hot air.
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In Bridge Street is a hypocaust remaining just where the Romans left it.
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