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heater

[ hee-ter ]

noun

  1. any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
  2. Electronics. the element of a vacuum tube that carries the current for heating a cathode.
  3. Slang. a pistol, revolver, or other firearm.


heater

/ ˈhiːtə /

noun

  1. any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc
  2. slang.
    a pistol
  3. electronics a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heater1

First recorded in 1490–1500; heat + -er 1
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Example Sentences

The fire is thought to have started on the first floor of the townhouse and was probably caused by a “mishap with a kerosene heater,” according to Piringer.

Powerful and durable, these heaters can make an outdoor party feel cozy no matter where you live.

Co-owner Michael Biddick, the author of “43 Wine Regions,” makes sure patrons drink as well as they eat and an outdoor patio beckons with individual heaters, well-spaced tables and a row of evergreens.

The beauty of this heater is its versatility—it can be installed on any rig and provides warm, dry air that’ll let you camp comfortably no matter how cold it is outside.

Dirty Goose set up fire pits under tents on U Street, as well as rooftop propane heaters.

When I do, I can see an electric light, a Dyson vacuum cleaner, a laptop computer, a blow-heater and a mobile phone.

An absence of natural gas for the water heater led her to innovate.

The two were sitting in front of a heater one November afternoon when Apple had a eureka moment.

"We had bedbugs before they were cool, before they were hip," says Heater.

Back in 2006, Brian Heater was living in an apartment in Astoria, Queens, when he began noticing welts on his skin.

Behind this stairway on the lower floor was a fireplace (m) with a water heater.

There was no fire in the great heater, and the tables and chairs were black with dust.

The bottom of the tank and the bottom of the heater are connected.

The top of the heater and the top of the boiler are connected.

Upon the primus heater, alone, did we rely for cooking the meals on sledging journeys.

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