water heater

noun

: an apparatus for heating and usually storing hot water (as for domestic use)

Examples of water heater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Someone entered a residence under construction and stole two water heaters valued at $5,000 and one double oven valued at $4,000. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024 Our first foray into discarding gas was installing a heat pump water heater. Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024 Installation took less than a day and the water heater is now humming happily in our basement. Tik Root, Grist, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024 The company’s Hot Water Conservation Kit includes a massage shower head, a kitchen swivel faucet aerator, a bathroom faucet aerator, pipe insulation, a shower timer and a hot water temperature card for your water heater. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 After the Southgate location closes its doors to customers one final time, everything from the booths and TVs to the pizza ovens and water heaters will be torn out for an online auction set to take place on March 7. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024 Health inspectors spotted German cockroaches in multiple places on Monday, including behind sinks, next to the back door and next to the hot water heater. Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024 For heat pump water heaters local residents are in a fortuitous position. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024 Additionally, there’s another credit worth up to $2,000 annually for various new water heaters, heat pumps and boilers. Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water heater was in 1824

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“Water heater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20heater. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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