English Online Dictionary. What means heater? What does heater mean?
English
Etymology
From heat + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhitɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhiːtə/
- Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Noun
heater (plural heaters)
- 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.
- (dated, slang) A gun.
- (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
- (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- (horse racing) A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ヒーター (hītā)
Translations
See also
- heating
Anagrams
- Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther
Middle English
Noun
heater
- Alternative form of hater