water heater

noun

a household appliance consisting of a gas or electric heating unit under a tank in which water is heated and stored.

First recorded in 1875–80

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

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

The exhaust gases are also hot and may be used for heating by carrying in pipes coiled in a hot water heater.

There is a feed water heater with three tubes in a watertight cylinder into which the exhaust steam is admitted.

A large boiler, having about 800 square feet of heating surface, including the feed-water heater, was then constructed.

If gas is used, have some kind of gas water heater that will give a sufficient flow for dish-washing and cleaning purposes.

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