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

Most experts see the electrification of buildings — swapping furnaces, water heaters, stoves and ovens that run on burning fossil fuel with appliances plugged into California’s increasingly green electrical grid — as a necessary step toward meeting those goals. —Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026

Is your water heater in your current laundry room and will that need to move? —Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026

The water inside the tank is incredibly hot, so turn off the water heater the night before starting this project to give the water in the tank time to cool down, reducing the risk of being burned. —Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026

The facility had several holes and openings including around the plumbing above the water heater, around the basement plumbing and in the corner of the office ceiling. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for water heater

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