Meaning

6 senses
  1. A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.

    Maschinenraum

    маши́нное отделе́ниеmašínnoje otdelénije

    a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located

  2. The engine compartment of a diesel locomotive.

  3. The source of power in a team or other group.

    (figuratively)The midfield.

  4. (figuratively)The pair of locks in a team.

  5. (figuratively)The front row.

  6. (figuratively)The rhythm section of a steel band.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Damiano headed down to the engine room.

  2. The engine room hatch was also found to be open.

  3. A narrow door was built into the bulkhead between the engine room and the storage area.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
compartment on a ship:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
compartment on a ship:

Forms

plural: engine rooms
Singularengine room
Pluralengine rooms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located:engineering

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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