heater
[ hee-ter ]
/ ˈhi tər /
noun
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OTHER WORDS FROM heater
re·heat·er, nounWords nearby heater
heat devil, heat dome, heated, heat engine, heat equation, heater, heat exchanger, heat exhaustion, heat gun, heath, heathberry
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British Dictionary definitions for heater
heater
/ (ˈhiːtə) /
noun
any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc
US slang a pistol
electronics a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve
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