space heater
Britishnoun
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Warming your body with toasty cables against your shirt is far more energy-efficient than a space heater, though probably not as convenient on a Zoom call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
“I can’t believe I’m getting out,” she told a caseworker over the phone, scanning her clothes hangers, handbags, space heater, and flower pots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
Using the same amount of electricity, a heat pump can provide three to four times more warmth than a plug-in space heater.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
Unlike a space heater, a heat pump extracts heat from outside air, even in subzero temperatures, and then runs it through a compressor, which makes it even hotter, before pumping it indoors.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Within fifteen minutes the space heater had the place positively tropical, while in the toaster oven their five-pound Thanksgiving chicken was already beginning to brown.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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