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the chamber where fuel becomes fury and steam locomotives earn their thunder
means The compartment in a steam engine, furnace, or stove where fuel is burned to produce heat.
from A plain English compound, simply 'fire' plus 'box' — Old English 'fȳr' (fire) joined to 'box,' itself from Latin 'buxus,' the boxwood tree from which small containers were once carved. The word came into its own in the 19th century alongside the steam locomotive and the iron stove, naming the literal box where the fire lived.
- steam heart
- Locomotive fireboxes hit 2500°F to boil water
- stoker's hell
- Crews shoveled tons of coal per trip
- named brand
- Firebox also a famous British gadget retailer
- woodstove core
- The firebox is any stove's burning chamber
- crown sheet
- Its weakest top plate caused deadly boiler explosions
for instance
firebox locomotive — the combustion chamber in steam engines like those on the flying scotsman, built 1923
firebox pizza restaurant — wood-fired pizzeria chain with locations in austin, texas and multiple us cities since 2009