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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Nearly an hour after the odor was detected, an energy technician arrived at the facility and identified a leak on a meter set valve in the basement boiler room, according to the report.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Local outlet Edinburgh Live first described the incident as an explosion inside a boiler room at the studio complex.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
According to the complaint, Milwaukee Public Schools began an investigation into the incidents surrounding the boiler room.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Local outlet Edinburgh Live first described the incident as an explosion inside a boiler room at the studio complex.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
According to the complaint, Milwaukee Public Schools began an investigation into the incidents surrounding the boiler room.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Boiler room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiler%20room. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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