boiler

noun

• 1a fuel-burning apparatus or container for heating water, in particular:
• a household device providing a hot-water supply or serving a central heating system.
• a tank for generating steam under pressure in a steam engine.
• dated a metal tub for washing or sterilizing clothes at a very high temperature.

• 2British informal a chicken suitable for cooking only by boiling.

• 3British informal an unattractive or unpleasant woman.