ashpit
Below the grate
An ashpit is a pit or chamber beneath a fireplace, furnace, or stove where ashes collect for later removal.
In steam locomotives, the ashpit sat below the firebox to catch cinders and clinker.
The term appears in older buildings and industrial contexts: He cleaned out the ashpit before lighting a new fire.
Fireplace floor area
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- grateFramework of metal bars
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
firebox · clinker · soot · firewood · kindling · stove · burning · warmth
Fuel-burning enclosure
- clinkerFused coal residue
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- tenderSoft or sore
stoker · boiler · steam · railroad · grate · soot · depot · roundhouse
hearth
Fireplace floor area
chimney · firebox · clinker · soot · firewood · kindling · stove · burning · warmth · flue
firebox
Fuel-burning enclosure
tender · stoker · boiler · steam · railroad · grate · soot · depot · roundhouse · shoveling
cinders
Partly burned coal pieces
residue · embers · dust · debris · remnants · traces · slag · detritus · leftovers
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
smelter · steelworks · coal · cinders · factory · smokestack · forge · blast · ironworks · boiler
ashpitfirebox
Fuel-burning enclosure
combustion chamber · furnace · fire grate · coal bunker · hearth