Hypocaust - English meaning
Hypocaust – definitions in English dictionary
nounAn ancient roman heating system, comprising a hollow space under the floor of a building, into which hot air was directed.
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Word origin
from Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston ‘place heated from below’, from hupo ‘under’ + kau- (base of kaiein ‘to burn’).
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