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heater /ˈhiːtə /noun1A device for warming the air or water: a wall-mounted electric heater a gas water heater...- Since then they have had just a couple of electric heaters to warm the house and no hot water.
- ‘We don't have a heater or warm water,’ she told me, looking down.
- He made swift movements to turn on a Shard heater to warm the water in his tub.
Synonyms warmer, radiator, convector, fire, brazier; electric heater, gas heater, convector heater, fan heater, storage heater, water heater, geyser, immersion heater, block heater; Australian/New Zealand chip heater 1.1 Electronics A conductor used for indirect heating of the cathode of a thermionic valve. 2 Baseball A fastball: he drove the next pitch, another heater, over the left-field fence...- He had an amazing fastball; his heater was something I had never seen, and don't get me started on his curve.
- On a first pitch fastball, Andy LaRoche smacked a 93 mph heater right back up the middle, nearly hitting Nieve in the process.
- He then popped up a well-placed heater on the 3-2 pitch, ending the threat.
3North American informal, dated A gun: we lined up with our right hands on our heaters in our side pockets...- Rusty sometimes carried a heater, but it rarely had any bullets in it.
- When we reached Gus's hangout we lined up, ready for hell, with our right hands on our heaters in our side pockets.
- I tell Louie to open up his glove compartment and I get the heater out of it and put it in my pocket.
Rhymes Akita, Anita, arboreta, beater, beta, Bhagavadgita, cheater, cheetah, Demeter, Dieter, dolce vita, eater, eta, Evita, excreta, fetor, granita, greeter, Juanita, litre (US liter), Lolita, maltreater, margarita, meter, metre, Peta, praetor (US pretor), repeater, Rita, saltpetre (US saltpeter), secretor, Senhorita, señorita, Sita, skeeter, teeter, terra incognita, theta, treater, tweeter, ureter, veleta, zeta |