heater
noun
Simple meaning
A device that produces and radiates heat, usually to raise the temperature of a room or building.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhitɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
Used this way, heater is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use heater
- “It gets cold in winter, so we turn on the heater.”
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A small electric space heater.
A heater that burns gas for heat.
A heater and storage tank to supply heated water.
A heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to be heated (as in a hot-water tank).
Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking.
Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation.
The component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat.
Heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad.
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