Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Boiler Room

English answer:

boiler room

Added to glossary by Nadia Ayoub
Jun 29, 2010 10:33
13 yrs ago
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English term

Boiler Room

English Marketing Tourism & Travel
From an airport signage list:

Hairdresser
Barber
Boiler Room
Nanny Room
Linen Clean
Linen Dirty
Laundry
Treat Room
Jacuzzi

What is a "boiler room" in this context?

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Discussion

juvera Jun 29, 2010:
The airport doesn't fit in The listed things fit into the airport. ;-)
These are services provided for the functioning of the airport and for the convenience of staff and perhaps for the passengers as well.
Nadia Ayoub (asker) Jun 29, 2010:
I am equally puzzled!
Trudy Peters Jun 29, 2010:
Where does the airport fit in here?

Responses

+6
8 mins
Selected

boiler room

It is the room in which the boiler for heating (and for steam for the laundry) is located (in this hotel or resort).
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
8 mins
agree Arabic & More
2 hrs
agree Alexandra Taggart : something as big as takes space
9 hrs
agree Phong Le
14 hrs
agree Rolf Keiser
21 hrs
agree Anna Herbst : The room where the boiler is
1 day 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks Meirs!"
+2
30 mins

room or space for mechanical equipment, etc. (Please see definition)

Here is the definition of a boiler room in a building:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Boiler r...

A mechanical room or a boiler room is a room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment. Unless a building is served by a centralized heating plant, the size of the mechanical room is usually proportional to the size of the building. .
Peer comment(s):

agree Catharine Cellier-Smart
15 mins
Thank you, Catharine!
agree Jenny G
2 hrs
Thank you, Jenny!
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