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central heating

noun

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


central heating

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
“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 central heating1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Buildings with central heating and cooling already have air filtration systems that can help reduce the amount of coronavirus particles in the air, lowering the risk that the particles will cause new infections.

From Quartz

“She was what invisibly warmed us, like central heating,” Nichols said.

Religious faith is a central heating plant—it warms and energizes one's whole existence.

Skilled workmen invaded the Old Schloss, to instal central heating from top to bottom.

Not only houses are warmed by a central heating stove, but whole communities sometimes depend upon a central heating plant.

This helps to keep the houses dry and warm, and in the larger ones the furnace for the central heating is placed here.

Their roads grew better as their statesmanship grew worse and central heating triumphed as civilization fell.

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