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electric fire

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electric fire
n
(Engineering / Electrical Engineering) a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.electric fireelectric fire - a small electric space heater        
electric heater
heating element - the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat
heat lamp, infrared lamp - electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation; "the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp"
space heater - heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room
Translations
electric fire n (Brit) → stufa elettrica
electric fire n (Brit) → stufa elettrica


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Their office is to illumine and enkindle -- My duty, to be saved by their bright light, And purified in their electric fire, And sanctified in their elysian fire.
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Water dissolves wood and iron and salt; air dissolves water; electric fire dissolves air, but the intellect dissolves fire, gravity, laws, method, and the subtlest unnamed relations of nature in its resistless menstruum.
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