immersion heater
- noun
- /ɪˈmɜrʒən ˈhiːtər/
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calentador de inmersión
- Yeah, he sorted out our immersion heater so we can actually have like a hot bath or shower later on.
Examples
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But she took the immersion heater down from the shelf and placed her cup on the table.
Fiction book (1995) -
Fusion Chef by Julabo provides the immersion heaters that we use for the sous video cooking.
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This second stream is then sent to a flash pasteurizer unit with an electric immersion heater that heats the fluid to 160 degrees F to destroy most bacteria and reduce viscosity, which aids separation.
Academic text (1994) -
To quickly heat water for the guests, she placed the immersion heater directly into the tank.
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The camper brought an electric immersion heater to warm up water for cooking and cleaning.
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With the immersion heater in the container, the cold water turned hot in just a few minutes.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that makes a room or water warm
28
1.8
A machine that heats and keeps hot water for a home or building
19
3.2
A machine that heats and keeps water, food, or a room hot
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3.0
A machine that heats and stores water for a house or building
Antonyms
How Powerful
- Specialized
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3.4
- US
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1.8
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1.0
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently build from 'immersion' (being placed into liquid) + 'heater' (a device that produces heat); a learner who knows both words can infer this is a heater meant to be immersed in liquid to heat water. This is a productive compound pattern that exists in many languages and follows normal English composition, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun immersion heater is a plain name: immersion means 'put into liquid' and heater means something that makes heat. Because the hot element is put right into the water to warm it, the name simply means 'a device to heat water'.