Definitions For Hypocaust

Noun

HYPOCAUST (plural HYPOCAUSTs) An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.

Synonyms

underfloor flue hippocaust heating system floor heating, underfloor heating

Translations

Catalan: hipocaust, m Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Finnish: hypokausti French: hypocauste, m German: Hypokaustum, n, Hypokauste, f, Heizgewölbe, n Italian: ipocausto, m Japanese: ハイポコースト (haipokōsuto, sc=Jpan) Korean: 고래, sc=Kore, 온돌, sc=Kore, 구들, sc=Kore, 구돌, sc=Kore {{qualifier, obsolete}} Latin: hypocaustum, n, hypocauston, n Russian: гипока́уст, m Spanish: hipocausto Swedish: {{t-needed, sv}} Turkish: {{t-needed, tr}}

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} hypocaustum, from (Ancient Greek)  ὑπό, , underneath + καίειν, , to light a fire, burn

See also

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