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heater

[hee-ter]

noun

  1. any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.

  2. Electronics.the element of a vacuum tube that carries the current for heating a cathode.

  3. Slang.a pistol, revolver, or other firearm.



heater

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc

  2. slanga pistol

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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heater1

First recorded in 1490–1500; heat + -er 1
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Southern California’s air quality regulators are set to vote this week on new rules aimed at phasing out the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters in the region.

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A few weeks ago, Mrs Islaaw's radiators broke, forcing her to buy portable heaters.

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“Closing down refineries, telling people to get rid of their gas stove and gas water heater is just poppycock,” he said.

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Nathan Kehn has rescued cats and kittens from some tough spots — dumpsters, an abandoned police car and, in one case, a cramped space behind a water heater.

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But of the 16 heaters the Dodgers swung at against Rea, they whiffed six times, put only three in play and recorded just one hit — a Michael Conforto single in the second.

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