View synonyms for boiler room

boiler room

noun

a room in a building, ship, etc., that houses one or more steam boilers.
Slang.
1. a place where illicit brokers engage in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of a highly speculative nature or of dubious value.
2. any room or business where salespeople, bill collectors, solicitors for charitable donations, etc., conduct an intensive telephone campaign, especially in a fast-talking or intimidating manner.

boiler room

any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces
the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen
( chiefly US ) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure
1. a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares
2. ( as modifier )
  a boiler-room scam

Discover More

Discover More

“Hayden took J.W. into a boiler room in the City of Ferguson jail,” the papers charge.

She held on to the hair as Hayden led her further back into the boiler room.

They look at each other meaningfully—and repair to the boiler room for some torrid sex.

Stratton Oakmont was a classic boiler room—it even inspired a 2000 movie called Boiler Room.

The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators, rudder indicators, clocks and thermostats were also electrical.

But she could not remain afloat with the four compartments and the forward boiler room (No. 6) also flooded.

This door and the one on the D bulkhead formed a double protection to the forward boiler room.

The boiler-room's bad enough, I grant ye that, but it's a darn sight better than goin' to jail.

We'll go now to the boiler-room and see how we make the steam that gives life to the cylinders.

Browse