heater

heat·er  (htr)

n.

1. An apparatus that heats or provides heat.

2. One who heats something or tends a heating apparatus.

3. Slang A pistol.

4. Baseball A fastball.

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heater [ˈhiːtə]

n

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc.

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) US slang a pistol

3. (Electronics) Electronics a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	heater - device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room warmer brasier, brazier - large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times convector - a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) demister - heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" gas heater - a heater that burns gas for heat heating pad, hot pad - heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad kerosene heater, kerosine heater, oil heater, oilstove - heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings solar heater - a heater that makes direct use of solar energy space heater - heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room stove - any heating apparatus hot-water heater, hot-water tank, water heater - a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
	2.	heater - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" fastball, hummer, bullet, smoke pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter slider - a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

Translations

heater [ˈhiːtəʳ] N → calentador m, estufa f

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heater [ˈhiːtə^r] n

(for water) → chauffe-eau m inv

(in room) → radiateur m
an electric heater → un radiateur électrique

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heater

n → Ofen m; (electrical also) → Heizgerät nt; (in car) → Heizung f; (for fondue) → Rechaud m; what sort of heaters do you have? → was für eine Heizung haben Sie?; turn the heater on → stell die Heizung an

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heater [ˈhiːtəʳ] n → calorifero, termosifone m, radiatore m; (stove) → stufa

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heater [ˈhiːtəʳ] n → calorifero, termosifone m, radiatore m; (stove) → stufa

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