water heater

noun

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

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Walia added that the city plans to use the money to remove natural gas infrastructure from public buildings and replace it with all-electric HVAC systems and heat pump water heaters. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 20 May 2025 Horst cites heat pump technology in dryers and water heaters as an example. Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 In recent weeks, the G.O.P. has pushed through a flurry of legislation to cancel regulations on matters large and small, from oversight of firms that emit toxic pollutants to energy efficiency requirements for walk-in freezers and water heaters. Maya C. Miller, New York Times, 3 May 2025 As a result, many builders will install gas furnaces and water heaters that emit planet-warming carbon pollution. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for water heater

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 29 May. 2025.

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