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 business models of many of these firms resemble and blend together two different types of venerable scam business models - boiler rooms and pyramid schemes.
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Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
From the early 1920s to the late 1970s, asbestos was extensively used by the Navy in boiler rooms, engine rooms, pipe insulation, bulkheads and sleeping quarters.
—Cristina Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
One of the experts’ notable findings was an open steam valve, which could validate eyewitness accounts that the ship’s engineers remained at their posts in the boiler room for more than two hours after impact, keeping the electricity on and allowing wireless distress signals to be sent.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
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Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
From the early 1920s to the late 1970s, asbestos was extensively used by the Navy in boiler rooms, engine rooms, pipe insulation, bulkheads and sleeping quarters.
—Cristina Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
One of the experts’ notable findings was an open steam valve, which could validate eyewitness accounts that the ship’s engineers remained at their posts in the boiler room for more than two hours after impact, keeping the electricity on and allowing wireless distress signals to be sent.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Boiler room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiler%20room. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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