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Noun: firebox  'fI(-u)r,bóks
  1. A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
    "The engineer shoveled coal into the locomotive's firebox"

Derived forms: fireboxes

Type of: furnace, oven

Part of: steam locomotive

Encyclopedia: Firebox