stoker furnace

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• stoker — ► NOUN 1) a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train. 2) a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a furnace. ORIGIN Dutch, from stoken stoke (a furnace) (earlier push, poke ) …   English terms dictionary

• Stoker — Stok er, n. [D. See {Stoke}, v. t.] 1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire. [1913 Webster] 2. A fire poker.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stoker — [stō′kər] n. [Du < stoken, to poke, stir up < stok, a stick: see STOCK] 1. a person who tends a furnace, specif. of a steam boiler, as, esp. formerly, on a ship, locomotive, etc. 2. a mechanical device that stokes a furnace …   English World dictionary

• stoker — stokerless, adj. /stoh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that stokes. 2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship. 3. Chiefly Brit. the fireman on a locomotive. 4. a mechanical device… …   Universalium

• Stoker — /stoh keuhr/, n. Bram /bram/ (Abraham Stoker), 1847 1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula. * * * ▪ machine       machine for feeding coal or other solid fuel into a furnace, usually supporting the fuel during combustion. A… …   Universalium

• stoker — stok·er || stəʊkÉ™(r) n. one who tends a furnace, one who provides a furnace with fuel; mechanical device which provides a furnace with coal or other solid fuel …   English contemporary dictionary

• stoker — noun 1》 a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train. 2》 a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a furnace. Origin C17: from Du., from stoken stoke a furnace , from MDu. stoken push, poke ; related to stick1 …   English new terms dictionary

• stoker — stok•er [[t]ˈstoʊ kər[/t]] n. 1) a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace that generates steam, as on a steamship 2) ene a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace • Etymology: 1650–60; < D,… …   From formal English to slang

• stoker — /ˈstoʊkə/ (say stohkuh) noun 1. someone or something that stokes. 2. someone employed to tend a furnace used in generating steam, as on a steamship. 3. a mechanical device for supplying solid fuel to a furnace. {Dutch, from stoken feed a fire} …  

• stoker — noun Date: 1660 1. one employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel; specifically one that tends a marine steam boiler 2. a machine for feeding a fire …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stoker — stok|er [ˈstəukə US ˈstoukər] n someone whose job is to put coal or other ↑fuel on a fire or into a ↑furnace, for example on a ↑steamship or a steam train …   Dictionary of contemporary English