central heating

noun

: a system that heats all parts of a building
The house has central heating.

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Without a gas or electric fireplace, a space heater is an excellent alternative for staying warm without blasting your central heating. Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025 Each features central heating and cooling, a living room with a sofa bed, a kitchen, and a full bath. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025 In the winter months, particularly, the skin barrier is often compromised by colder temperatures and fluctuating central heating anyway, so avoid being too overzealous with your glycolic, especially if trying it for the first time. Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025 Trotter said a major renovation that modernized the building included a central heating and cooling system powered by 30 vertical wells approximately 300 feet deep that are connected to high-efficiency heat pumps beneath the schoolyard parking area. Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025 Distinctive elements: Built with modern conveniences, including gas and electricity; features the first central heating system in a Louisville residence; original entryway to the house through glass mosaic tiles doorway; quarter sawn oak wood paneling. Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025 As the weather grows colder, residents in apartments with central heating or boiler systems may wonder if they are allowed to keep their windows open when temperatures drop. Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Every fall since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russian strikes have targeted electricity and central heating infrastructure before the onset of winter weather, as part of an effort to break Ukrainians’ will to continue their fight. New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Air-to-water heat pumps still take heat from outside air, but instead of heating the air in a home, it’s fed into a wet central heating system which works kind of like gas central heating. Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Central heating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/central%20heating. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.

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