electric fire


noun
  1. a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element

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How to use electric fire in a sentence

  • Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, invented the electrical machine for generating large quantities of the electric fire.

  • Wenonah, at the door of her brother's wigwam, looked into the north and saw the stars grow pale through streams of electric fire.

  • The vivid sheets of electric fire made the darkness and gloom deeper by contrast.

    Through Apache Lands | R. H. Jayne
  • His brows were beetling and lowering, and beneath them a couple of black eyes fairly snapt at times with electric fire.

    Bill Biddon, Trapper | Edward S. Ellis
  • An electric fire detector in the cellar acts much like a burglar alarm.

    If You're Going to Live in the Country | Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley