hypocaust
hypocaust is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- alembic
- andiron
- area
- athanor
- backlog
- bakehouse
- bath
- boiler
- brasier
- burner
- caboose
- caldron
- camboose
- central
- chamber
- coal
- combustion
- conservatory
- convective
- cracker
- crucible
- electric
- fiery
- fire
- fireplace
- focus
- forced
- forge
- furnace
- gas
- grate
- gridiron
- hearth
- heat
- heater
- heating
- hob
- hot
- hothouse
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/hypocaust
- Steward: Jason Burns