heater

[ hee-ter ]

/ ˈhi tər /

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noun

any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.

Electronics. the element of a vacuum tube that carries the current for heating a cathode.

Slang. a pistol, revolver, or other firearm.

Nearby words

heat-seal, heat-seeking, heat-treat, heated, heatedly, heater, heath, heath cock, heath family, heath grass, heath hen

Origin of heater

First recorded in 1490–1500; heat + -er¹

Related forms

re·heat·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for heater

The two were sitting in front of a heater one November afternoon when Apple had a eureka moment.
The Original Apple Icon|Anthony Haden-Guest|October 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"We had bedbugs before they were cool, before they were hip," says Heater.
Vigilante Bedbug Exterminators|Brian Ries|August 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Another suit of slip-on clothes with an Ecklin heater, and his lounging moccasins were in a pack on his back.
Loot of the Void|Edwin K. Sloat
This style of heater will quickly heat a glass of water by simply immersing the heater in the water.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various

Coulter stamped his feet as he turned on the heater and moved toward the door.
A World Apart|Samuel Kimball Merwin
I've got chains on the rear and a heater in the old coupe, so it shouldn't be so bad.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930|Various
Mrs. Paynter's room, nominally heated by a flume from the Latrobe heater in the parlor, was noticeably coolish on a wintry night.
Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison

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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