space heater
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The climate is comfortable without either, except for a few weeks in January when I use a space heater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 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
Instead of using the natural gas-powered wall heater, people can opt to use a space heater instead.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023
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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