boiler

Other forms of boiler

plural

boilers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boiler

What does boiler mean?

boiler means "sealed vessel where water is converted to steam". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boiler?

boiler has 2 syllables: boi-ler. The stress falls on "boi". In IPA it is /ˈbɔɪlɚ/.

What is another word for boiler?

Close synonyms include steam boiler, kettle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boiler a common word?

boiler is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with boiler?

1 word rhymes with boiler. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.