heatingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhiː.tɪŋ/us/ˈhiː.t̬ɪŋ/mainly UK US usually heatA2 the system that keeps a building warm:
Is the heating on?
See also
central heating
More examples
- What time does the heating come on in the morning?
- It's too hot in here, can we turn down the heating?
- My landlord's very mean with the heating - it's only on for two hours each day.
- The house soon warms up with the heating on.
- This room has underfloor heating - isn't it wonderful?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hot & heat
- beat
- boil
- boiling
- burn
- burning
- closeness
- dog days
- fug
- heat
- heatwave
- overheat
- red-hot
- roasting
- sizzling
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sweltering
- thermo-
- torrid
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