hot water can
hot water can noun: 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.
Noun
hot water can (plural hot water cans)
- 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
- A third warder proceeds along the doors with a hot water can, and each prisoner who by good conduct has earned the privilege of tea and sugar is supplied with the water to make his tea.1899, “Australian Prison Discipline,” condensed from an article in Colonial Empire, Shanghai, in Public Opinion, New York, Volume 26, No. 6, p. 174
Forms of hot water can
| plural | hot water cans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hot-water can |
| alternative form | hotwater can |
Questions about hot water can
- What does hot water can mean?
- Hot water can means 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.
- What part of speech is hot water can?
- Hot water can is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot water can?
- The plural of hot water can is hot water cans.
Words near hot water can in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hot water can (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “hot water can.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hot_water_can. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.