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point heaters

point heaters is the plural of point heater.

Meaning of point heater

Noun

point heater (plural point heaters)

  1. (UK) A heating device used in freezing weather to keep points (US: switches) free of ice and snow.
    • Measures adopted by B.R. to offset the effects of another hard winter include modifications to steam heating and water pipes on main-line ordinary coaches and sleeping cars, and to diesel locomotive steam-generators, the supply of additional point heaters and the provision of larger and more...1963 December, “News and Comment”, in Modern Railways, pages 369, 370

Questions about point heaters

What is point heaters the plural of?
Point heaters is the plural of point heater.

Words near point heaters in the dictionary

  1. point group
  2. point groups
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  4. point guards
  5. point heater
  6. point heaters
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  9. point lace
  10. point laces
  11. Point Lance

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