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iron heaters

iron heaters is the plural of iron heater.

Meaning of iron heater

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

Questions about iron heaters

What is iron heaters the plural of?
Iron heaters is the plural of iron heater.

Words near iron heaters in the dictionary

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

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