HyperDic: steam_chest

English > 1 sense of the expression steam chest:
NOUNartifactsteam chestthe chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder
English > steam chest: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningThe chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder.
Part ofsteam engineexternal-combustion engine in which heat / heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder
BroaderchamberA natural or artificial enclosed space

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