economizer

[ 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.

Origin of economizer

1
First recorded in 1830–40; economize + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for economizer

economizer

economiser

/ (ɪˈkɒnəˌmaɪzə) /


noun
  1. a device that uses the waste heat from a boiler flue to preheat the feed water

  2. a person or thing that economizes

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