space heater

A usually portable appliance that generates heat by electricity or by burning kerosene or oil to warm a small area or room.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

space heater

(Electronics) a heater used to warm the air in an enclosed area, such as a room or office

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

space heater - heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room

electric fire, electric heater - a small electric space heater

heater, warmer - device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

If you are going to use an electric space heater, Cooper said, make sure it is at least 3 feet from anything that can burn, such as drapes.

How to keep your home warm and safe

Simple desktop-size fans don't consume nearly as much energy as their cold weather counterparts, space heaters, but when it comes to saving energy and money, a watt is a watt.

Which Plug Loads Consume the Most Energy? SEE HOW YOUR OFFICE RATES AGAINST THE TOP OFFENDERS IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Plug only one heat-producing appliance (such as a space heater or portable radiator) into one electrical outlet at a time; electrical heaters are high-power devices that must be plugged directly into a wall outlet.

Kid-Free Areas and Certified Heaters Key to Safely Heating Your Home: HMC

If you do not have a space heater, there are other means you can take to help keep you and your apartment home warm and cozy.

Keeping Residents Warm in Bitter-Cold Conditions

Now, thanks to advances in design and engineering, space heaters are earning passing marks for aesthetics, and even moderately priced models have safety and efficiency features that were rarely, if ever, seen a decade ago.

New, efficient space heaters also more beautiful than beastly

The convective space heater battery pack works the same as a vehicle battery.

Recharging battery pack is required!

We've used outdoor space heaters in a lot of the firm's projects: the Roundhouse in Beacon, New York; Yotel in New York City; the redesign of the Hotel Bel-Air in L.A.; and Andaz Maul, which just opened.

Warm welcome: outdoor space heaters tend to be bulky and lacking in aesthetic appeal. Not anymore

TABLE 1 Warm air space heater type Running costs (p.a.) Non-condensing heater meeting CE min [pounds efficiency level (84% net) sterling]5073 Non-condensing heater typical efficiency [pounds levels (91.5% net) sterling]4660 Condensing heater (101% net) [pounds sterling]4222 Running cost savings [pounds sterling]413 to [pounds sterling]851 As would be expected, the running costs of the condensing heater are lower than those of the non-condensing versions.

The heat is on! Improvements and innovation in heating technology are enabling factory and warehouse operators to maintain comfortable conditions while also reducing energy consumption

Affordable energy efficient space heaters typically cost between $20 and $60.

Canned heat: build your own zero-emission solar heater

Specialist snow tyres bearing the Sunny brand were taken as well as a space heater, a green compressor with the initials SIP on it, a Bradbury smoke meter used to test diesel emissions and a red snap-on trolley jack.

Tyres stolen as raiders target garage

During some of our most bitter cold weather, we reached 80 kWh to 90 kWh per day (3,300 W to 3,800 W) with very little modulation of the space heater operation.

Equinox House performance