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heater
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun heater has 2 senses
- heater(n = noun.artifact) warmer - device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room; Array has particulars: brasier, brazier, convector, defroster, deicer, demister, gas heater, heating pad, hot pad, kerosene heater, kerosine heater, oil heater, oilstove, radiator, solar heater, space heater, stove, hot-water heater, hot-water tank, water heater
- heater(n = noun.act) bullet, fastball, hummer, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" is a kind of delivery, pitch
is a kind of device
Derived forms verb heat1, verb heat2
has particulars: slider
CIDE DICTIONARY
heater, n.
- One who, or that which, heats. [1913 Webster]
- Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. [1913 Webster]
- A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heater, n.
1 a device for supplying heat to its environment.
2 a container with an element etc. for heating the contents (water-heater).
3 sl. a gun.
1 a device for supplying heat to its environment.
2 a container with an element etc. for heating the contents (water-heater).
3 sl. a gun.
THESAURUS
heater
Bunsen burner, Dutch oven, automatic, bedpan, bloom heater, blowgun, blowpipe, brazier, brick oven, burner, calefactory, caliduct, car heater, cooker, cookery, defroster, dielectric heater, dielectric preheater, electric blanket, electric heater, electronic heater, element, firearm, fireless heater, flamethrower, foot warmer, forge, furnace, gas jet, gas log, gat, geyser, gun, handgun, heat lamp, heating duct, high-frequency heater, hot-water bag, hot-water bottle, hot-water heater, induction heater, infrared heater, infrared lamp, ingot heater, iron heater, jet, kerosene heater, kiln, musket, orchard heater, oven, peashooter, piece, pilot light, pistol, preheater, radiator, radio-frequency heater, register, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter, steam pipe, stove, sun lamp, tewel, tuyere, warmerROGET THESAURUS
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Furnace
N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.
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