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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
central heating
noun
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▪ And even more amazing that he can still squeeze through chimneys and central heating air vents in tower blocks.
▪ He refused to put in central heating, even though he felt the cold badly.
▪ In flats with central heating, rent includes the cost of heating and is about £2.50 per week higher.
▪ It had central heating, a rarity in the experience of people like us who depended on open coal fires.
▪ It includes master bedroom with ensuite shower room, three further bedrooms, second bathroom, gas central heating, double garage.
▪ Situated in Church Road, Litherland, the property benefits from gas fired central heating and partial secondary glazing.
▪ The three central heating pump chambers are equally well-disguised by building over each a raised plinth, topped by a removable slab.
▪ Two double bedrooms, bed and breakfast, central heating.
Wiktionary
central heating

n. Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.

WordNet
central heating

n. 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

Wikipedia
Central heating

A central heating system provides warmth to the whole interior of a building (or portion of a building) from one point to multiple rooms. When combined with other systems in order to control the building climate, the whole system may be an HVAC ( heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system.

Central Heating (Grand Central album)

Central Heating was the second compilation released by Grand Central Records. The two disc album was originally released in November 1996. It was re-released in February 2004 with alternative sleeve art.

Central Heating (Heatwave album)

Central Heating is the second album by funk- disco band Heatwave, released in 1977 on the GTO label in the UK and in '78 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue. It was the last Heatwave album to feature bassist Mario Mantese and guitarist Eric Johns, as well as the first to feature new member Roy Carter on guitar. The album was also the final performance of Rod Temperton as an official member of Heatwave, although he would continue to write songs for the band after his departure.

Central heating (disambiguation)

Central heating may refer to:

  • Central heating, a heating system that distributes heat from a single source
  • Central Heating (Grand Central album), the second compilation released by Grand Central Records
  • Central Heating 2, the fourth compilation from Grand Central Records
  • Central Heating (Heatwave album), 1978, or the title song

Usage examples of "central heating".

From just below the cover two six-inch twenty-foot long black-enamelled stove pipes led off to points high up on opposite sides of the room--a primitive but extremely efficient form of central heating.

The scent of winter roses from near the windows, where the central heating was opening the tight buds, was sharp and warm in Massinger's nostrils.

Here there was no electricity, no modern conveniences such as plumbing or central heating.

The hearth had clearly been designed to augment the central heating beneath the floors, a double effort to keep out the chill of a Scottish border town's winter.

He and his shieldwife lived in a castle with no central heating, no running water.

Wooden ships and central heating didn't go together, nor could they ever be completely dry in heavy weather—.

The polished floor tiles and the central heating made the hall outside my room look dowdy by comparison.

In this surrogate homeland, which the insomniac saint thinks of as his waiting-room or transit lounge, the central heating is at full blast night and day, and the windows are tightly shut.