heat pump

noun

: an apparatus for heating or cooling (such as a building) by transferring heat by mechanical means from or to an external reservoir (such as the ground, water, or outside air)

Examples of heat pump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That effectively turns the window unit into a rudimentary ground-source heat pump. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

These devices temperature sensors coupled with adaptive algorithms to adjust your furnace, boiler, heat pump, or other HVAC system, lowering your power costs and maintaining an ideal climate. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Those include costs for new infrastructure, vehicles, heat pumps and alternative fuels, to name a few. — CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026

In a Queens apartment building, New York is piloting new room heat pumps that can be easily installed without expensive upgrades to make electrification accessible. — Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heat pump

• bump
• chump
• clump
• crump
• dump
• gump
• hump
• jump
• lump
• plump
• rump
• slump

Kids Definition

heat pump

noun

: a device for heating or cooling a building by transferring heat contained in a fluid to or from the building