heater

== English == === Etymology === From heat + -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhitɚ/ (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhiːtə/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈhiːtɐ/ Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ) === Noun === heater (plural heaters) A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking. (dated, slang) A handgun. (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity. (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak. (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron. (horse racing) A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously. (slang) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hindi: हीटर (hīṭar) → Japanese: ヒーター (hītā) → Korean: 히터 (hiteo) → Tamil: ஹீட்டர் (hīṭṭar) Tok Pisin: hita ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther == Middle English == === Noun === heater alternative form of hater == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English heater. === Noun === heater m (plural heaters) (US) alternative form of jíter ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.. === Further reading === Moreno Fernández, Francisco (2018), “heater”, in Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense‎[1] (overall work in Spanish), New York: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, →DOI, →ISBN‎[2]