English > warmer: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | device that heats / heats water or supplies warmth to a room. |
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| Synonym | heater |
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| Narrower | brazier, brasier | large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned |
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| convector | A space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection |
| defroster, deicer | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) |
| demister | heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car |
| gas heater | A heater that burns gas for heat |
| heating pad, hot pad | heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad |
| oil heater, oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater | heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating / heating or cooking |
| radiator | heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings |
| solar heater | A heater that makes direct use of solar energy |
| space heater | heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm / warm a room |
| stove | Any heating apparatus |
| water heater, hot-water heater, hot-water tank | A heater and storage tank to supply heated water |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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| Spanish | calefactor, calentador |
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| Catalan | escalfador |
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| Verbs | warm | make warm or warmer |
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