boiler suit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From boiler + suit.
Meanings
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A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are the typical employees of the future.
1994 November 5, Ross Tieman, “Yachtsmen on a long-term voyage to recovery”, in The Times, number 65,104, London, page 25:The boiler suit was the kind with stud-fasteners rather than a zip.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boiler suits | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| boilersuit | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (19)
ca granota (one-piece suit) · de Arbeitsoverall (one-piece suit) · cs kombinéza (one-piece suit) · fr combinaison (one-piece suit) · it tuta (one-piece suit) · ru ро́ба (one-piece suit) · fi haalarit (one-piece suit) · fi haalari (one-piece suit) · sv arbetsoverall (one-piece suit) · kk комбинезон (one-piece suit) · pl kombinezon (one-piece suit) · ru комбинезо́н (one-piece suit) · sv overall (one-piece suit) · hu munkásruha (one-piece suit) · mt bojlersjut (one-piece suit) · es mono (one-piece suit) · hu overall (one-piece suit) · hu kezeslábas (one-piece suit) · de Einteiler (one-piece suit)