hot well

English

Noun

hot well (plural hot wells)

  1. A well whose water is supplied by a hot spring.
  2. (condensing engines) A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
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