central heating

American  

noun

1. a system that supplies heat to an entire building from a single source through ducts or through pipes.

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central heating British  

noun

1. a system for heating the rooms of a building by means of radiators or air vents connected by pipes or ducts to a central source of heat

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Etymology

Origin of central heating

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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central heating

Across Cornwall, more than 34,500 households are thought to rely on oil for their central heating.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

I received a similar question recently from a reader who had employed a heating engineer to fix their central heating.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

O'Dowd explained that with half a million homes in NI relying on oil fired central heating the funding works out at around £35 per household.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

About 3% of households in England and Wales said oil was their only source of central heating, according to a 2021 census, and 5% of households in Scotland.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

In half-an-hour we should be sitting to our bridge, the windows tightly closed, the central heating turned to the full.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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