economizer

 [ih-kon-uh-mahy-zer]  

e·con·o·miz·er

   [ih-kon-uh-mahy-zer]
noun
1.
a person who economizes.
2.
(in a boiler) a device for warming feed water with gases entering the chimney or stack.
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Origin:
1830–40; economize + -er1
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economizer or economiser (ɪˈkɒnəˌmaɪzə)
 
—n
1.  a device that uses the waste heat from a boiler flue to preheat the feed water
2.  a person or thing that economizes
 
economiser or economiser
 
—n

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