heater

noun

heat·​er ˈhē-tər 

1

: one that heats

especially : a device that imparts heat or holds something to be heated

2

: fastball

Examples of heater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rentals for tents, tables, chairs, heaters and fire pits added up to more than $50,600. — Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

Skenes had frozen Crow-Armstrong during his previous at-bat by catching the center fielder looking at a full-count fastball over the middle of the plate, the fifth straight heater Skenes threw. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Nothing gets a crowd going quite like a shooter on a heater, and Mabrey keeps doing that on increasingly bigger stages. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Dodgers reliever Will Klein had just induced the Mets’ Marcus Semien to whiff on a high heater. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing heater

• immersion heater
• quartz heater
• space heater
• water heater

Rhymes for heater

• beater
• cheater
• dieter
• eater
• liter
• litre
• meter
• metre
• neater
• praetor
• seater
• skeeter

Kids Definition

heater

noun

heat·​er ˈhēt-ər 

: a device that heats or holds something to be heated