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# heater

noun (a heater, heaters)

«heater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A heater is a machine that makes a room, a car, water or something else warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#m1)
2. It often works with electricity, gas or oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety heaters keep homes warm in winter, but they can be dangerous: keep clothes, curtains and paper away from them, never cover them, and do not touch hot ones. In science it links to energy and heat transfer. Phrases: «turn on the heater», «electric heater», «water heater», «space heater», «patio heater».

### Examples

- Can you turn on the heater? It is freezing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x1)
- Do not put your wet socks on the heater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x2)
- The heater in the car takes a few minutes to warm up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x3)
- Keep the curtains away from the heater because they could catch fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x4)
- Our water heater broke, so we had cold showers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x5)
- The classroom heater makes a clicking noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x6)
- An electric heater uses a lot of power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x7)
- Grandma sits by the heater with her knitting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/#x8)

### Note

Countable: «a heater», «heaters». It comes from «heat» plus «-er» (a thing that does something). In the UK a fixed heater filled with hot water is usually called a «radiator». Safety: never dry clothes on a portable heater and never leave it on when no one is home.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heater.html) on Mova free.