room heater
1room-heater — /ˈrum hitə/ (say roohm heetuh) noun any device, often small and portable, for heating a room …
2Room heater burning gas, oil, and kerosene — Any of the following heating equipment: circulating heaters, convectors, radiant gas heaters, space heaters, or other nonportable room heaters that may or may not be connected to a flue, vent, or chimney. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy… …
3heater — [hēt′ər] n. 1. an apparatus for heating or warming a room, car, water, etc.; stove, furnace, radiator, etc. 2. a person whose work is to heat something 3. in an electron tube, an element set inside the cathode and heated by an electric current so …
4heater — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ convector (BrE), fan (esp. BrE), storage (BrE) ▪ portable ▪ electric, gas, kerosene (esp. AmE) …
5heater — noun a) A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building. Turn on the heater; Im cold. b) A gun. The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her …
6heater — [[t]hi͟ːtə(r)[/t]] heaters N COUNT A heater is a piece of equipment or a machine which is used to raise the temperature of something, especially of the air inside a room or a car. There s an electric heater in the bedroom …
7heater — /hee teuhr/, n. 1. any of various apparatus for heating, esp. 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.… …
8heater — noun 1》 a device for heating something, especially a room. 2》 N. Amer. informal, dated a gun …
9heater — heat•er [[t]ˈhi tər[/t]] n. 1) an apparatus for heating, esp. one for heating water or the air in a room or other space 2) cvb Slang. a firearm; gun …
10oil heater — /ˈɔɪl hitə/ (say oyl heetuh) noun a room heater fuelled by oil …
