WordNet
hot-water heater
n. a heater and storage tank to supply heated water [syn: water heater, hot-water tank]
Usage examples of "hot-water heater".
The gas stove and hot-water heater operated on butane gas, and the large tank had been filled.
The furnace and hot-water heater were in a closet upstairs, and the room was utterly vacant.
I could see woodworking equipment, a washer and dryer, a hot-water heater, and various odds and ends of furniture, including a portable barbecue and lawn chairs.
There is a loud whine, the turbine fires up with a loud hiss like the pilot light on a huge hot-water heater catching, and the exhaust-gas temperature gauge shoots into the red while the rotors begin to turn.