electric fire

Definition

A fire, stove or heater powered by electricity.

Example Sentences

• "[A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine."
• "An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander."
• "He was watching television when I got in. The curtains were drawn, and he had dug out an old half-broken electric fire; it was extremely hot."