fire-tube boiler: Meaning and Definition of

fire'-tube boil"er

Pronunciation: (fīr'tb", -tyb"), [key]
  1. any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubesimmersed in water to a chimney or uptake. Cf. water-tube boiler.
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