Meaning of engine house | Babel Free
Definitions
- A building housing one or more engines.
- A building for housing a fire engine, a firehouse or fire station.
- A building for housing one or more locomotives, an engine shed.
- A building housing a stationary engine.
Examples
“Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.