Meanings
plural stokeholds
- nauticalA chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
Yarrow's patent water tight ash pans are fitted to each boiler, to prevent the fire being extinguished by a sudden influx of water into the stokehold.
1887, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 18872 more examples
A plume of smoke went nearly straight up from the funnel, and now and then the clang of furnace-slice and shovel rose from the stokehold, for Mayne hoped to float the vessel next tide.
1918, Harold Bindloss, The Buccaneer FarmerThe noise and roar of the engines was ever in my ears, and the peculiar ocean-like noise of the stokehold ... and the metallic clang of coal as it shot from shovels....
1922, Harry Kemp, Tramping on Life
Synonyms & antonyms
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noun(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Bulgarian котелно
- котелно (kotelno)a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked
Finnish kattilahuone
- kattilahuonea chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked
Hebrew מַסָּקָה
- מַסָּקָה (masakah)a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked
Russian коте́льная, кочега́рка
- коте́льная (kotélʹnaja)a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked
- кочега́рка (kočegárka)a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked
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stokehold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stokehold
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