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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HE'ATER,n. He or that which eats.
1. A triangular mass of iron, which is heated and put into a box-iron to heat it and keep it hot, for ironing or smoothing clothes. [This utensil is going into disuse.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: heater, warmer]
2: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. one that heats; especially a device that imparts heat or holds something to be heated 2. fastball

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a device for supplying heat to its environment. 2 a container with an element etc. for heating the contents (water-heater). 3 sl. a gun.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heater Heat"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, heats. 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. Feed heater. See under Feed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(heaters) 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. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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