engine rooms

Vessel propulsion compartments

Engine rooms are the spaces in a ship, submarine, or large building that house the engines and related machinery.

The term extends to any central operational hub where the real work happens: She spent her career in the engine rooms of government, The trading floor is the engine room of the financial system.

Related
  • stokersFurnace fuel feeders
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • fuel tanksContainers for combustible liquid
  • heatTransferred thermal energy
  • metalHard conductive solid

propulsion · full steam ahead · clang · throbbing · cramped · sweaty · boiler room · grime · machinist · bilge · spaces · thermal expansion · turbine · roar · grease · hiss · fumes · generators

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Opposites
ship compartment function

engine roomsstaterooms

Private shipboard living quarters

observation decks · ballrooms · sun decks · guest quarters · guest accommodations

operational vs. public spaces

engine roomspublic spaces

Areas open to all

reception halls · lobbies · atriums · common areas · passenger lounges

Family

engine, rooms, engineer, engineering, ingenious, engines, engineered, roomful, engined

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G