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hypocaust

hy·po·caust [ hpə kàwst ] (plural hy·po·causts)


noun 
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ancient Roman heating: in ancient Rome, a system of central heating in which hot air from an underground furnace circulated beneath floors and between double walls

[Late 17th century. Via Latin< Greek hupokauston "place heated from below" < kaiein "burn"]
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