heater
/ˈhitɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
noun
A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
noun
A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
Example Sentences
- "Turn on the heater; I'm cold."
- "“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."
- "The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her."
- "Jones threw a heater under his chin."
- "Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English heat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English heater From heat + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhitɚ/
- British English: /ˈhiːtə/