Usually means: Ancient Roman underfloor heating system.
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  1. hypocaust: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hypocaust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypocaust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypocaust: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. hypocaust: Wiktionary
  7. hypocaust: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Hypocaust: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. hypocaust: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  14. hypocaust: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  16. hypocaust: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypocaust)

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

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