heater
English
/ˈhitɚ/, /ˈhiːtə/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (dated) A gun.
- (baseball) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- (gambling) An extended winning streak.
- (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
Etymology
Affix from English heat.
Origin
English
heat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scoville heat unit English
- afterheat English
- bioheat English
- bloodheat English
- deheat English
- foreheat English
- heat English
- heat index English
- heat-proof English
- heatability English
- heatable English
- heaten English
- heaterless English
- heatest English
- heateth English
- heatful English
- heating English
- heatless English
- heatmapping English
- heatproof English
- heatseeker English
- heatshield English
- heatsick English
- heatwave English
- heaty English
- microheater English
- overheat English
- preheat English
- reheat English
- superheat English
- ultraheat English
- underheat English
- heat Swedish
- ヒーター Japanese
- hete Middle English
- हीटर Hindi
- 히터 Korean
- heat
- heaty
- reheat
- heaten
- deheat
- bioheat
- heatful
- heatest
- heating
- preheat
- heateth
- overheat
- heatless
- heatwave
- foreheat
- heatsick
- heatable
- bloodheat
- underheat
- superheat
- heatproof
- ultraheat
- afterheat
- heat index
- heaterless
- heatseeker
- heat-proof
- heatshield
- heatmapping
- heatability
- microheater
- Scoville heat unit