heater

[ hee-ter ]
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noun
  1. any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.

  2. Electronics. the element of a vacuum tube that carries the current for heating a cathode.

  1. Slang. a pistol, revolver, or other firearm.

Origin of heater

1
First recorded in 1490–1500; heat + -er1

Other words from heater

  • re·heat·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for heater

heater

/ (ˈhiːtə) /


noun
  1. any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc

  2. US slang a pistol

  1. electronics a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve

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