heater
Pronunciation: /ˈhitɚ/
The English word “heater” has 8 meanings listed here.
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.
- A handgun.
- A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- An extended winning streak.
- A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
- Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
Etymology
From heat + -er.
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