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hot-water heater

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

Meaning of hot water heater

Noun

hot water heater (plural hot water heaters)

  1. An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).
    • This [warm-air heated] house has a supplemental electric hot water heater and an oil furnace.1977, Kaiman Lee, Encyclopedia of Energy-Efficient Building Design: 391 Practical Case Studies

Forms of hot-water heater

pluralhot-water heaters

Questions about hot-water heater

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

Words near hot-water heater in the dictionary

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

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