'Heater' definitions:
Definition of 'heater'
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Definition of 'Heater'
From: GCIDE
- Heater \Heat"er\ (h[=e]t"[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, heats. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [slang] [PJC]
- Feed heater. See under Feed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heater'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- automatic,
- bedpan,
- bloom heater,
- blowgun,
- blowpipe,
- brazier,
- brick oven,
- Bunsen burner,
- burner,
- calefactory,
- caliduct,
- car heater,
- cooker,
- cookery,
- defroster,
- dielectric heater,
- dielectric preheater,
- Dutch oven,
- electric blanket,
- electric heater,
- electronic heater,
- element,
- firearm,
- fireless heater,
- flamethrower,
- foot warmer,
- forge,
- furnace,
- gas jet,
- gas log,
- gat,
- geyser,
- gun,
- handgun,
- heat lamp,
- heating duct,
- high-frequency heater,
- hot-water bag,
- hot-water bottle,
- hot-water heater,
- induction heater,
- infrared heater,
- infrared lamp,
- ingot heater,
- iron heater,
- jet,
- kerosene heater,
- kiln,
- musket,
- orchard heater,
- oven,
- peashooter,
- piece,
- pilot light,
- pistol,
- preheater,
- radiator,
- radio-frequency heater,
- register,
- repeater,
- revolver,
- rifle,
- rod,
- sawed-off shotgun,
- shooting iron,
- shotgun,
- six-gun,
- six-shooter,
- steam pipe,
- stove,
- sun lamp,
- tewel,
- tuyere,
- warmer