heater
hee ter
- n device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
- n (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- The heaters stand free with no flue, although ventilation through an open door or window is recommended.
- It was offered for a while with a gasoline-burner heater located in the front "trunk," a common but dangerously dumb accessory at the time.
- Moreover, they say, in Tokyo, where 90% of the houses have kerosene heaters, there occur only some 7,000 fires a year.