heating

/ (ˈhiːtɪŋ) /

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noun

a device or system for supplying heat, esp central heating, to a building

the heat supplied

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How to use heating in a sentence

With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We have no heating; there is no gas and it is very cold inside the prison.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is provided with best conditions for water supply, heating and ventilation.
North Korea's Top College: Brainwash U|Justin Rohrlich|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, always, global warming could push the cutworm moths north, out of the park, by heating up the region.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Winds can either compress other clouds, heating them up and making stars, or break those clouds up.
The Supermassive Black Hole Smokescreen|Matthew R. Francis|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I gathered that he thought something of the boy, and was heating up to the door-smashing stage.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
The greatest part of the waste steam is condensed in heating the water to fill the boiler; what escapes is a mere nothing.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Now it appears that the heating of Binner Downs 300 surface feet gave a saving of 6000 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
In this engine the proportion of saving by the heating flues was the same as in the large engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The steady heating of an oak branch on the porch roof told me it was blowing hard.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

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