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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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.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His presence is often felt near the shaft and boiler room.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Officials at the scene said the explosion was centered around the building's boiler room.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators checked for any signs of a bomb or explosive device, but it was determined that a potential leak in a boiler room in the tower prompted the chimney above to collapse.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His presence is often felt near the shaft and boiler room.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Officials at the scene said the explosion was centered around the building's boiler room.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators checked for any signs of a bomb or explosive device, but it was determined that a potential leak in a boiler room in the tower prompted the chimney above to collapse.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 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 4 Nov. 2025.
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