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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Metea Valley High School will also be getting a water heater and pool controls replaced as part of the contract, and Neuqua Valley High School will be getting an exhaust fan and intake hood for its boiler room. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 The dark ride will pass through haunted hallways, magical dressing rooms and backstage chaos as riders dodge cannon balls, avoid shattered mirrors and escape a fiery boiler room. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026 Authorities allege Campbell had a financial motive to burn down the resort, lied about his whereabouts that night, was in the lodge less than an hour before smoke was reported, and that a possible accelerant was found in a basement boiler room. Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026 At the same time that AI agents might come along and just abstract this whole thing into some bot boiler room. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boiler room

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of boiler room was in 1820

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boiler room

noun
boil·​er room
: a room equipped with telephones used for making high-pressure usually fraudulent sales pitches
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