boiler room

noun [C] (HEAT)

Definition

› a room in a building or on a ship where the boiler is

(Definition of boiler room noun (HEAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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