heating system
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈhiːtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
:
sistema de calefacción
- The heating system in the office was not working properly, leaving employees feeling cold.
- district heating system
- central heating system
So something that you might have heard about is essentially district heating systems.
- So something that you might have heard about is essentially district heating systems.
Examples
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A gust of hot air from the heating system puffed around Mary Frances.
Fiction book (1993) -
You and Sergeant Mahoney start draining the pipes of the heating system.
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The heating system in the bus broke down.
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In other City Hall news: The heating system is functioning and should be comfortable.
Blog text (31) -
Have you hired someone to get you a decent heating system, or are you still getting estimates?
Fiction book (1998) -
Putting in a new heating system can be a great idea for your home in Arlington.
Blog text (3) -
There's something wrong with the boiler, the heating system, I don't know.
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State-of-the-art district heating systems can reduce CO2 emissions by 10 percent compared to on-site heating of each individual building.
Academic text (1993) -
To stay warm, some families built subterranean stone-walled homes with energy-efficient heating systems consisting of a hearth, a stone chimney, and two subfloor channels.
Academic text (2007) -
Experts recommend getting your heating system serviced before winter to ensure efficiency.
Synonyms
232
1.0
The system that gives warmth to a building
108
1.0
A system that makes a building or room warm
93
4.1
A closed chamber that makes very high heat for melting metal, burning waste or heating buildings
5
2.5
A system that warms a building by making hot water or air in one place and sending it to rooms
4
4.2
A machine that moves heat from outside air or the ground into a building to warm it
1
3.2
A system that heats a building by sending steam to radiators
1
3.3
A machine that burns oil to heat a home or building
1
3.7
A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms
1
3.5
A system that makes hot vapor in a heater to warm rooms through pipes and radiators
1
2.6
Heat from burning natural gas to warm a building
A way to make a building warm by using panels in floors, walls, or ceilings that give out warmth
A system that warms rooms with hot wires or pipes inside walls, floors and ceilings
A system that uses sunlight to make heat for hot water or heating buildings
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.3
A set of parts that remove heat to keep a machine or building cool
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a system that provides heat' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'heating' (equipment or process that produces heat) with 'system' (a set of interacting components). This modifier+noun composition is a very regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Heating system combines heating, the making of warmth, and system, the parts that work together; think of a heater in the basement with pipes or vents carrying warmth to every room. That's why it means 'a system that provides heat'.