heater

See also: Heater

English

Heater (device that produces and radiates heat).

Heater (gun).

Etymology

heat +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhitɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːtə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

Noun

heater (plural heaters)

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
Turn on the heater; I'm cold.
A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
(dated, slang) A gun.
The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
(baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
Jones threw a heater under his chin.
(gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
(historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- 1998, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques:
  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.
(horse racing) A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.

Derived terms

dry heater
fan heater
feedwater heater
oil heater
point heater
space heater
wet heater

Descendants

→ Japanese: ヒーター (hītā)

Translations

device that produces and radiates heat

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: مِدْفَأَة‎ f (midfaʾa)
Hijazi Arabic: دَفَّاية‎ f (daffāya)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: нагревател (bg) m (nagrevatel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加熱器／加热器 (zh) (jiārèqì), 暖氣／暖气 (zh) (nuǎnqì)
Esperanto: hejtilo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lämmitin (fi), patteri (fi)
French: radiateur (fr) m
Galician: calefactor m
Georgian: გამათბობელი (gamatbobeli), სახურებელი (saxurebeli), ღუმელი (ɣumeli), რადიატორი (radiaṭori)
German: Heizgerät n
Hebrew: תנור חימום‎ m (tanúr khimúm)
Hungarian: hősugárzó (hu), fűtőkészülék, kályha (hu), fűtőtest (hu), radiátor (hu)
Italian: riscaldatore m, radiatore (it) m
Japanese: ヒーター (hītā), ストーブ (ja) (sutōbu), 加熱器 (かねつき, kanetsuki)
Kazakh: жылытқыш (jylytqyş), қыздырғыш (qyzdyrğyş)
Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនកំដៅ (maasɨn-kɑm-daw)
Korean: 히터 (hiteo), 난방기 (nanbanggi), 가열기 (gayeolgi)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: हीटर (hīṭar)
Plautdietsch: Hieter m
Polish: grzejnik (pl) m, ogrzewacz m
Portuguese: aquecedor (pt) m
Romanian: încălzitor (ro)
Russian: обогрева́тель (ru) m (obogrevátelʹ), печь (ru) f (pečʹ), нагрева́тельный прибо́р m (nagrevátelʹnyj pribór), (heat sink) батаре́я (ru) f (bataréja), (heat sink) радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor)
Scottish Gaelic: teasadair m
Spanish: calefactor (es) m
Thai: เครื่องทำความร้อน
Tibetan: ཚ་གློག (tsha glog)
Turkish: ısıtıcı (tr)
Vietnamese: bếp lò, lò (vi)
Volapük: hitöm

slang: a gun

Bulgarian: револвер m (revolver)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: paukkurauta (fi)
French: calibre (fr) m, gun (fr) m, pétard (fr) m, pétard (fr) m
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} stukker (hu)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther

Middle English

Noun

heater

Alternative form of hater