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.
heater in British English
(ˈhiːtə)
noun
1.
any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc
2. US slang
a pistol
3. electronics
a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve
heater in American English
(ˈhitər)
noun
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 that it indirectly heats the cathode to the temperature at which it will give off electrons
4. US, Slang
a pistol
5. Baseball; Slang
a fastball
heater in Mechanical Engineering
(hitər)
Word forms: (regular plural) heaters
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Energy, thermodynamics and heat transfer)
A heater is a device for supplying heat, for example a radiator or a convector.
These water heaters heat water only when it is needed.
Turn on the heater and the interior of the car will soon warm up.
A heater is a device for supplying heat, for example a radiator or a convector.
heat
Word builder-erThe suffix er often appears in words for devices, pieces of equipment or substances that carryout a particular function.
You press a button to pump the water over the heater and into your favoured receptacle.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then it turned chilly and we got in her car and put the heater on.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The company also makes fittings for heaters and drinks dispensing machines.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
heater
British English: heater /ˈhiːtə/ NOUN
A heater is a piece of equipment which is used to warm a place or to heat water.
There's an electric heater in the bedroom.
American English: heater
Arabic: سَخَّان
Brazilian Portuguese: aquecedor
Chinese: 加热器
Croatian: grijalica
Czech: ohřívač
Danish: varmeapparat
Dutch: verwarming
European Spanish: estufa
Finnish: lämmitin
French: radiateur
German: Heizkörper
Greek: θερμάστρα
Italian: stufa
Japanese: 暖房器具
Korean: 가열기
Norwegian: varmeovn
Polish: grzejnik
European Portuguese: aquecedor
Romanian: încălzitor
Russian: обогреватель
Latin American Spanish: estufa
Swedish: värmeapparat
Thai: เครื่องทำความร้อน
Turkish: ısıtıcı
Ukrainian: обігрівач
Vietnamese: lò sưởi
All related terms of 'heater'
chip heater
a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
fan heater
a space heater consisting of an electrically heated element with an electrically driven fan to disperse the heat by forced convection
gas heater
a device which uses the combustion of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to heat a room , outdoor area, water, etc
heater plug
one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
space heater
a heater used to warm the air in an enclosed area, such as a room or office
water heater
an appliance , usually powered by gas or electricity , that heats water
paraffin heater
a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
radiant heater
a heater that heats a building by radiant heat emitted from panels containing electrical conductors , hot water, etc
storage heater
an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
convection heater
A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
convector heater
A convector heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
immersion heater
an electrical device, usually thermostatically controlled, for heating the liquid in which it is immersed , esp as a fixture in a domestic hot-water tank
night storage heater
a heater or radiator that stores heat at night-time because electricity is cheaper
glow plug
one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
Chinese translation of 'heater'
heater
(ˈhiːtəʳ)
n(c)
(= electric heater, gas heater) 供暖装(裝)置 (gōngnuǎn zhuāngzhì) (个(個), gè)