sun heater
- noun
- /sʌn ˈhiːtər/
:
calentador solar
- Because the sun heater uses halogen elements, it heats up very quickly.
Examples
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The sun heater rotates, distributing heat evenly across the space.
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We kept warm through winter with a sun heater placed in the living room.
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The sun heater warmed the room quickly.
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Do you think the sun heater will work well this winter?
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The sun heater rotates, distributing heat evenly across the space.
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We kept warm through winter with a sun heater placed in the living room.
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Because the sun heater uses halogen elements, it heats up very quickly.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that makes a room or water warm
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3.1
A small heater that you can move to warm one room
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3.6
A lamp that gives off heat to warm people, animals, or food
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2.5
A machine that burns gas to make a room warm
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2.1
A machine that uses electricity to make a room or small space warm
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3.7
A small heater that burns kerosene to warm a room
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3.4
A heater that burns oil such as kerosene to warm a room or cook food
A portable device that burns kerosine to warm a room or cook food
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'sun heater' is directly compositional: 'sun' (the star providing light and heat) modifies 'heater' (an appliance producing heat), so a heater that uses the sun/solar energy is easily inferred. This noun+noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English attributive modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Sun heater The noun sun heater comes from how the small electric heater looks and feels: bright halogen bulbs give a warm, sun-like light and the unit often turns to spread that warmth around the room. That's why people call a portable electric heater a sun heater — it shines and heats like a little 'sun'.