hot-water heater
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈhɑtˌwɔtər ˈhitər/
- US
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calentador de agua
- To enjoy a warm shower, make sure your hot-water heater is set to the right temperature.
- an electric hot-water heater
- a solar hot-water heater
- a gallon hot-water heater
Let's say you put, as I said last week, heat into a hot water heater.
- Let's say you put, as I said last week, heat into a hot water heater.
- So you could say, yes, it's a water heater, but if it's a hot water heater, but it's dispersing the hot water.
Examples
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The cost of a solar hot water heater is supplies/installation; there are no running costs.
Blog text (5) -
Consider a residential household about to invest in storm windows or a hot water heater.
Academic text (1991) -
Even got the hot water heater working.
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It's the hot water heater.
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When I got a solar hot water heater, I started taking longer showers.
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In the last three months I've showered one time in this van because the hot water heater has not worked since we bought it.
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The hot-water heater in the shower made a soft, whistling sound, like a train in the distance.
Fiction book (1993) -
You use your hot water heater every single day in your house in Maryville, TN.
Blog text (11) -
We have a 30-gallon Reliance electric 63020RS short hot water heater.
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At Hiller PHC, we get calls for service in Maryville for hot water heater repairs all the time.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
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1.8
A machine that heats and keeps hot water for a home or building
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2.4
A container that heats and holds hot water for a building
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Morphology
hot-water + heater
The compound is compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'hot' and 'water' (i.e. 'hot water') and 'heater' will readily infer it is a heater for producing or storing hot water. This follows a common noun-noun compounding pattern (X heater = a heater for X) found across languages, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Hot-water heater is a very literal name: imagine a tank that heats cold water and keeps it hot until you need it. The parts hot, water, and heater show its job, so it means 'a device that heats and stores water'.