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

Other Word Forms

• reheater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heater¹

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

Example Sentences

The Residential Clean Energy Credit includes a 30% tax credit for the total installation cost of wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps and solar panels, solar water heaters and solar battery storage.

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Landlords cannot have occupants in a rental “without a refrigerator just like they can’t have you in there without hot running water or a heater,” McKinnor said.

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Friedman continued, “We’ve seen it time and time again with guys who have scuffled and all of a sudden found it and they roll off a heater.”

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Undeterred, he went back on the attack, getting one foul ball with a heater on the inner half, then another with a curveball that leaked over the plate.

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The $2,000 federal credit for heat pumps, as well as for hot water heaters that have a built-in heat pump expires Dec. 31.

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Related Words

• boiler 
• fastball 
• furnace 
• oven 
• radiator 
• stove