engine room

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Noun

engine room (plural engine rooms)

(nautical) A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
Synonym: engineering
(idiomatic) The source of power in a team or other group.
(sports) The midfield.
(rugby union) The pair of locks in a team.
(rugby league) The front row.

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Translations

compartment on a ship

Catalan: sala de màquines
Danish: motorrum n 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

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