STOKEHOLE

stokehold, stokehole, fireroom

(noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stokehole (plural stokeholes)

The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.

(nautical) The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.

Synonyms

• stokehold

Source: Wiktionary


Stoke"hole`, n.

Definition: The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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