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

Hospital administrators failed to repair a faulty water heater, resulting in a lack of hot water needed to sterilize instruments and for surgery staff to wash their hands. —Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 July 2025

The inspectors found 10 nymphs and two adult live German cockroaches inside the store’s restroom on top of the water heater. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025

But the Swan home still needed some TLC, so Dean balanced his full-time job with refurbishing the house: hammering floorboard nails, patching leaky faucets, and fixing leaky water heaters. —Ani Freedman, Fortune, 29 June 2025

Other optional add-ons more permanent off-grid dwellers may want installed include the indoor/outdoor shower with furnace/water heater combo, a portable toilet and a 12-V air conditioner. —New Atlas, 3 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for water heater

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