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WATER HEATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water heater mean?
• WATER HEATER (noun)
The noun WATER HEATER has 1 sense:
1. a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
Familiarity information: WATER HEATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heater and storage tank to supply heated water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hot-water heater; hot-water tank; water heater
Hypernyms ("water heater" is a kind of...):
heater; warmer (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)
storage tank; tank (a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water heater"):
water back (water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove)
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