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iron heater

iron heater noun: the piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron.

Noun

iron heater (plural iron heaters)

  1. (historical) The piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron.
    • It is made hollow, as it has been said, the cavity containing an iron heater, which is plunged into the fire, and made red-hot, or nearly so, as often as the iron cools.1877, Mrs. Matthias, The Laundry Maid: Her Duties, and How to Perform Them, page 27

Forms of iron heater

pluraliron heaters

Questions about iron heater

What does iron heater mean?
Iron heater means the piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron.
What part of speech is iron heater?
Iron heater is a noun.
What is the plural of iron heater?
The plural of iron heater is iron heaters.

Words near iron heater in the dictionary

  1. iron handedly
  2. iron handedness
  3. iron hands
  4. iron harvest
  5. iron harvests
  6. iron heater
  7. iron heaters
  8. iron heel
  9. iron heels
  10. iron hoof
  11. iron hoofs

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