boiler room
noun
1
: a room in which a boiler is located
2
: a room equipped with telephones used for making high-pressure usually fraudulent sales pitches
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The lawsuit claims a former male paraprofessional at the school locked three students in a boiler room multiple times during the 2022-'23 and 2023-'24 school years.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The complaint indicates investigators were looking into the possible use of an accelerant in a basement boiler room.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His presence is often felt near the shaft and boiler room.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The complaint indicates investigators were looking into the possible use of an accelerant in a basement boiler room.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His presence is often felt near the shaft and boiler room.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boiler room
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“Boiler room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiler%20room. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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