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Device that warms
Answer for the clue "Device that warms ", 6 letters:
heater
Alternative clues for the word heater
Word definitions for heater in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, of persons, agent noun from heat . Of devices, from 1660s. Baseball slang meaning "fastball" is attested by 1985.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building. 2 (context dated slang English) A gun. 3 (context baseball slang English) A fastball. 4 (context gambling slang English) An extended winning streak.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heater \Heat"er\ (h[=e]t"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, heats. 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. A pistol or other carryable ...
Usage examples of heater.
In addition to shutting off the water heater and resetting the thermostat, she included a cleanout of several cabinets that would fill the vanwagon.
Lucy paused in her attempt to direct a blast of hot air from the heater so it would defog the glass.
We allowed nolife-powered services, preferring to use mechanical door locks,a petro-chemical stove and heater, electrochemical lights, anda really ancient ice box--no power just ice.
I covered my daughter in multiple layers of cotton, fleece, and Fiberfill, shuttled her out to the Audi, powered up the seat heater, and began motoring west around 9:30.
He was suggesting that the prosecutors and cops, hungry for the excitement of a heater case, had been less skeptical than they should have about what Hardcore was saying.
The media center contained a tiny kitchenette unit along with everything else, water heater and antique hotbox, and a limited supply of dried staples.
There were long rows of palletized material, containing such things as industrial-size drill presses and lathes, a clutch of old refrigerators, a fire-fighting vehicle from a military airfield, skip boxes of scrap metal, industrial air conditioning units, several rusty-looking water heaters, and mounds of used truck tires.
Monday noon, Anne and Vincent had brought a rollaway bed and new mattress to Grumblethorpe, purchased additional candles and three kerosene space heaters, half filled the kitchen shelves with cans and non-perishable foods, set the small butane stove in place on the massive kitchen table, and cleaned and dusted each room.
For the snack factory thing, we do these big celebrity spokesmodel smiles, the ones where you make your face a big space heater.
He ran his gaze along the knots of people standing beneath the umbrellalike patio heaters.
The heater vents kept making a sound like a distant parent gently shushing.
But I caught only one small hand as he plunged down onto the old woodburning heater beneath him.
I unscrewed the heater vent and tapped along the baseboards listening for hollow spots.
Lincoln Town Car with the heater running, tiny snowflakes drifting down and melting on the windshield.
Get storage heaters, the Glovers had said as she held the door open, letting their heat out.