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How to use radiator in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun

Radiator means anything which radiates or emits rays. Example: “The car overheated because of a broken radiator.”

Examples of radiator by meaning

nounA device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.

  • The car overheated because of a broken radiator.

nounA finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.

  • The radiator kept the apartment warm during winter.
  • Steam hissed from the old iron radiator.

More sentences with radiator

  • The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.From the entry boiling
  • Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.From the entry dry out
  • Transfer of heat from the engine to the automobile radiator occurs by means of forced convection.From the entry forced convection
  • I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.From the entry drape
  • The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.From the entry fizzing
  • Don't touch that radiator! It's steaming hot!From the entry steaming hot
  • Sponge painting radiators is a simple but effective way to decorate something which is usually undecorable!1996 February 16, Homestyle, “Flat-dweller seeks guidance on colour scheme”, in Solihull Times, page 66. From the entry undecorable
  • From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.1957, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1961, ISBN…. From the entry supporter
  • “Drape your jacket across the radiator to dry.”2015, Mary Ann Rodman, Jimmy's Stars, Usborne Publishing Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry cats and dogs
  • The radiators thumped with steaming water, and a long stream of hissing air sounded miserably through the valves.2015, Thomas O'Malley, Douglas Graham Purdy, Serpents in the Cold, New York, N.Y. […]: Mulholland Books, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry mercy flush
  • For removing or tightening radiator spud nut.2011, Steve Ettlinger, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores, →ISBN. From the entry spud
  • As the smoke blew away I leaned over the radiator.1960, Berry Fleming, The Winter Rider, page 24. From the entry hoodful
  • Engine cooling water is circulated by the motor-driven pump through the lubricating-oil heat exchanger, engine, turbo-blower, and radiator panels.1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 241. From the entry cooling water
  • A taxi, after mounting the sidewalk, had finished up with its radiator buried in a pile of delicatessen.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 53. From the entry delicatessen
  • This is the way unorificed “hot-water” radiators generally perform.1931 June 9, Karl W. Rohlin, “Effect of Turbulence on Mixture of Steam and Air in Radiators”, in Ely C. Hutchinson, editor, Power, volume…. From the entry unorificed
  • Apply hot water to the bottom half of the radiator.1921 February, paper; quoted in Dorothy June Williams, The Hancock County Kaleidoscope, 1917 to 1967: The Changing Scene in One of Central…. From the entry teapotful
  • Lots of old cars were called “Leaping Lena.” But when the radiator began to leak, the children appropriately changed her name to “Leaking Lena.”2009, Sara F. Munday, Becoming Myself: A Passage of Grace, Dorrance Publishing, page 255. From the entry Leaping Lena
  • The radiator bubbled and hissed steam.1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 26, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, page 500. From the entry hiss
  • After the installation of the radiator and a few minor adjustments, it was time to move the bodiless bomb to Vic and Mac's for final tuning.2008, Fred Thomas, Car Club Memories: Personal Stories from Three Dynamic Decades of Cruisin', Competition, and Cool Cars, AuthorHouse…. From the entry club car

Meaning of radiator

  1. noun Anything which radiates or emits rays.
  2. noun A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
  3. noun A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.

Full definition of radiator

Questions about radiator in a sentence

How do you use radiator in a sentence?
Radiator is used as a noun. For example: “The car overheated because of a broken radiator.”
What is a short sentence with radiator?
“The radiator bubbled and hissed steam.”
What does radiator mean?
Radiator means anything which radiates or emits rays.

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