space heater
Britishnoun
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A mattress pad consumes about 75 watts for a single zone, costing roughly 3 cents per hour to warm up your bed—compared with about 30 cents per hour for a medium-size space heater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Louis Jr. purchased a small trailer with a tiny space heater to sit on the lot so the kids could eat and rest there while he and his wife sold trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
At the same time, companies are trying to develop more agile heat pumps—the window A/C or space heater equivalent for renters who can’t make structural changes.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023
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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