boiler room

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noun

a room in a building, ship, etc., that houses one or more steam boilers.

Slang.

a place where illicit brokers engage in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of a highly speculative nature or of dubious value.
any room or business where salespeople, bill collectors, solicitors for charitable donations, etc., conduct an intensive telephone campaign, especially in a fast-talking or intimidating manner.

OTHER WORDS FROM boiler room

boiler-room, adjective

Words nearby boiler room

boiled sweet, boiler, boiler horsepower, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiler room, boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor

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Example sentences from the Web for boiler room

In some cases the curing-room is located over the boiler-room and hence becomes very hot.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
Bewildered, but unhurt, he crawled to the boiler-room, shaking the coal from his back and shoulders.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
It is sucked up from the machines and carried in large tubes to the boiler-room and there is mechanically supplied to the fires.
Handwork in Wood|William Noyes
The boiler-room's bad enough, I grant ye that, but it's a darn sight better than goin' to jail.
By Right of Conquest|Arthur Hornblow

Neville had heard Larry's cry and rushed to the boiler-room.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various

British Dictionary definitions for boiler room

boiler room

noun

any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc

the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces

the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen

(chiefly US) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure

a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares
(as modifier)a boiler-room scam

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单词	boiler room
释义	boiler room SEE SYNONYMS FOR boiler room ON THESAURUS.COM noun a room in a building, ship, etc., that houses one or more steam boilers. Slang. a place where illicit brokers engage in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of a highly speculative nature or of dubious value. any room or business where salespeople, bill collectors, solicitors for charitable donations, etc., conduct an intensive telephone campaign, especially in a fast-talking or intimidating manner. OTHER WORDS FROM boiler room boiler-room, adjective Words nearby boiler room boiled sweet, boiler, boiler horsepower, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiler room, boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for boiler room In some cases the curing-room is located over the boiler-room and hence becomes very hot. The Book of Cheese\|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk Bewildered, but unhurt, he crawled to the boiler-room, shaking the coal from his back and shoulders. The Best Short Stories of 1917\|Various It is sucked up from the machines and carried in large tubes to the boiler-room and there is mechanically supplied to the fires. Handwork in Wood\|William Noyes The boiler-room's bad enough, I grant ye that, but it's a darn sight better than goin' to jail. By Right of Conquest\|Arthur Hornblow Neville had heard Larry's cry and rushed to the boiler-room. The Best Short Stories of 1917\|Various British Dictionary definitions for boiler room boiler room noun any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen (chiefly US) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares (as modifier)a boiler-room scam 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 Words related to boiler room con, flimflam, hustle, racket, rip-off, shell game, skin game, sting, swindle, bait-and-switch, bunko, con job, confidence trick, con game, chop shop
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boiler room

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