Meaning | utility to warm / warm a building. |
---|
Example | "the heating system wasn't working" |
---|
Synonyms | heating plant, heating, heat |
---|
Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
---|
Parts | boiler, steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
---|
radiator | heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings |
Narrower | central heating | A heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
---|
gas heat | heating system that burns natural gas |
panel heating | heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes |
steam heat, steam heating | A heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
Broader | utility | A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat / heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal |
---|
Spanish | calefacción, calorífero |
---|
Catalan | calefacció, calorífer |
---|