hypocaust

[ hahy-puh-kawst, hip-uh- ]

/ ˈhaɪ pəˌkɔst, ˈhɪp ə- /

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.

Origin of hypocaust

1670–80; <Latin hypocaustum<Greek hypókauston room heated from below, equivalent to hypo-hypo- + kaustón, neuter of kaustós (verbal adjective) heated, burned; see caustic

Words nearby hypocaust

hypoblast, hypobranchial, hypocalcemia, hypocalcification, hypocapnia, hypocaust, hypocenter, hypocentre, hypochloremia, hypochlorhydria, hypochlorite

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Example sentences from the Web for hypocaust

However, after the wood in the hypocaust was once well charred, the smoke was not so troublesome.
Stories of Useful Inventions|Samuel Eagle Foreman
Doubtless we got our idea of the furnace from the Roman hypocaust, although the Roman invention had no special pipe for the smoke.
Stories of Useful Inventions|Samuel Eagle Foreman
It had no cloisters, no hypocaust, no suite or sequence of rooms.
London|Walter Besant
In addition to the hypocaust under the floor the wall was lined with flue tiles.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1|Various

If there are no baths there is at all events an excellent specimen of a hypocaust, or Roman heating arrangement, to be seen.
The Isle of Wight|G. E. Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for hypocaust

hypocaust

/ (ˈhaɪpəˌkɔːst) /

noun

an ancient Roman heating system in which hot air circulated under the floor and between double walls

Word Origin for hypocaust

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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单词	hypocaust
释义	hypocaust [ hahy-puh-kawst, hip-uh- ] / ˈhaɪ pəˌkɔst, ˈhɪp ə- / 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. Origin of hypocaust 1670–80; <Latin hypocaustum<Greek hypókauston room heated from below, equivalent to hypo-hypo- + kaustón, neuter of kaustós (verbal adjective) heated, burned; see caustic Words nearby hypocaust hypoblast, hypobranchial, hypocalcemia, hypocalcification, hypocapnia, hypocaust, hypocenter, hypocentre, hypochloremia, hypochlorhydria, hypochlorite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hypocaust However, after the wood in the hypocaust was once well charred, the smoke was not so troublesome. Stories of Useful Inventions\|Samuel Eagle Foreman Doubtless we got our idea of the furnace from the Roman hypocaust, although the Roman invention had no special pipe for the smoke. Stories of Useful Inventions\|Samuel Eagle Foreman It had no cloisters, no hypocaust, no suite or sequence of rooms. London\|Walter Besant In addition to the hypocaust under the floor the wall was lined with flue tiles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1\|Various If there are no baths there is at all events an excellent specimen of a hypocaust, or Roman heating arrangement, to be seen. The Isle of Wight\|G. E. Mitton British Dictionary definitions for hypocaust hypocaust / (ˈhaɪpəˌkɔːst) / noun an ancient Roman heating system in which hot air circulated under the floor and between double walls Word Origin for hypocaust C17: from Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston room heated from below, from hupokaiein to light a fire beneath, from hypo- + kaiein to burn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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