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hot-water can

hot-water can is the alternative form of hot water can.

Meaning of hot water can

Noun

hot water can (plural hot water cans)

  1. (historical) A can (often with a spout and handle) filled with hot water, used to warm a room, to keep one's feet warm, or to supply water for such things as shaving, washing, etc.
    • The rest of us were glad to creep between blankets, with a mountain of covers on top, and a hot water can inside. What a tale to tell of balmy Florida!1889, Helen Harcourt, chapter 11, in Home Life in Florida, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton, page 178

Forms of hot-water can

pluralhot-water cans

Questions about hot-water can

What is hot-water can the alternative form of?
Hot-water can is the alternative form of hot water can.

Words near hot-water can in the dictionary

  1. hot-tubs
  2. hot-water bag
  3. hot-water bags
  4. hot-water bottle
  5. hot-water bottles
  6. hot-water can
  7. hot-water cans
  8. hot-water heater
  9. hot-water heaters
  10. hot-wire
  11. hot-wired

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