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
“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
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
The vlogger huddles in his parka in front of the space heater.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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