heater

Definition

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

Etymology

From heat + -er.

Example Sentences

• "Turn on the heater; I'm cold."
• "“First you've got to sit up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it."
• "The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her."

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