engine room

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

engine room (plural engine rooms)

1. (nautical) A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.

   Synonym: engineering

2. (figurative) The source of power in a team or other group.
   1. (sports) The midfield.
   2. (rugby union) The pair of locks in a team.
   3. (rugby league) The front row.
   4. (music) The rhythm section of a steel band.
      • 2018, Polly Thomas, The Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago‎^[1], Apa Publications, →ISBN:

        And no steel band would be complete without its rhythm section or engine room, as the percussion section is known.

Related terms

• engine bay
• engine compartment

Translations

compartment on a ship

• Catalan: sala de màquines
• Danish: maskinrum n
• Dutch: machinekamer (nl) f
• Finnish: konehuone (fi)
• French: salle des machines (fr) f
• Galician: sala de máquinas f
• German: Maschinenraum (de) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maskinrom n, motorrom n

  Nynorsk: maskinrom n, motorrom n

• Polish: maszynownia (pl) f, siłownia (pl) f
• Russian: маши́нное отделе́ние n (mašínnoje otdelénije)
• Spanish: sala de máquinas f