heater
nounUS /ˈhitɚ/ · UK /ˈhiːtə/
Etymology From heat + -er.
8 senses
- 1A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to…
- 2A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
- 3A handgun.
- 4A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- 5An extended winning streak.
- 6A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle…
- 7A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors…
- 8Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
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A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
- Turn on the heater; I'm cold.
- “First you've got to sit up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it.2001, Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 61:
2
A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
4
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- Jones threw a heater under his chin.
- Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
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Historical A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- It can be assumed that as the earlier kite shield transformed into the heater shape, there must have been versions in between the two styles. Indeed, in artwork of the Medieval period, shields are rarely present after 1450 and even then are quite small. The development of flattop heaters from larger kite shields is likely the result of increased fighting on horseback and the use of improved armor.1998, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques:
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Hobbies, Horse racing, Horseracing, Horses, Lifestyle, Pets, Racing, Sports A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
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Slang Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
- Derived terms
28 terms
air heater, block heater, closed feedwater heater, dry heater, fan heater, feed heater, feedwater heater, foot heater, headbolt heater, head bolt heater, head-bolt heater, heaterless, hot water heater, immersion heater, induction heater, iron heater, masonry heater, microheater, oil heater, open feedwater heater, orchard heater, point heater, quartz heater, space heater, steam heater, storage heater, water heater, wet heater- Related terms
- heating, heating oil, HVAC, pack heat