Heater Meaning
/ˈhitɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
nounA person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
Sentence Examples
Feeling chilly, I turned on the heater.
I went out with the heater on.
Don't let the cops find a heater on you.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We turned on the ____ when the temperature dropped below freezing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I turned on the electric ____ to warm up the bedroom before I went to sleep last night.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English heat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English heater From heat + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“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."
— 2001, Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 61:
"It can be assumed that as the earlier kite shield transformed into the heater shape, there must have been versions in between the two styles. Indeed, in artwork of the Medieval period, shields are rarely present after 1450 and even then are quite small. The development of flattop heaters from larger kite shields is likely the result of increased fighting on horseback and the use of improved armor."
— 1998, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We turned on the ____ when the temperature dropped below freezing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I turned on the electric ____ to warm up the bedroom before I went to sleep last night.