heater
See also: Heater
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhitɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhiːtə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
heater (plural heaters)
- A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
- Turn on the heater; I'm cold.
- A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
- (dated, slang) A gun.
- The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
- (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- Jones threw a heater under his chin.
- (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
- Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
- (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- 1998, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques:
- It can be assumed that as the earlier kite shield transformed into the heater shape, there must have been versions in between the two styles. Indeed, in artwork of the Medieval period, shields are rarely present after 1450 and even then are quite small. The development of flattop heaters from larger kite shields is likely the result of increased fighting on horseback and the use of improved armor.
- (horse racing) A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
Derived terms edit
- block heater
- closed feedwater heater
- dry heater
- fan heater
- feed heater
- feedwater heater
- foot heater
- headbolt heater
- head bolt heater
- head-bolt heater
- hot water heater
- immersion heater
- induction heater
- iron heater
- masonry heater
- oil heaterpoint heater
- open feedwater heater
- orchard heater
- point heater
- quartz heater
- space heater
- steam heater
- storage heater
- water heater
- wet heater
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: ヒーター (hītā)
Translations edit
device that produces and radiates heat
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slang: a gun
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Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
heater
- Alternative form of hater