oil heater
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- noun
- /ɔɪl ˈhiːtər/
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- I lit the oil heater, but it gave off unpleasant odors that I could only disperse by opening all the windows.
- light the oil heater
Examples
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While she fidgeted with the matches to light the oil heater, the telephone rang.
Fiction book (1990) -
While she fidgeted with the matches to light the oil heater, the telephone rang unexpectedly.
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A small oil heater burned in one corner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our fuel oil heater worked, but with no blower, well, not much.
Blog text (22) -
Although some of its houses are still used in summer, the school and its oil heater have stayed untouched.
Academic text (2012) -
She has an office there, complete with an oil heater and glass-paneled shower.
Academic text (2003) -
The students had brought oil heaters and standard lamps with imitation stained-glass shades.
Fiction book (2002) -
This concern was mitigated, however, by information received from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA), which authorizes the practice of burning used oil in 500,000-BTU oil heaters in King County.
Academic text (2003) -
He uses an oil heater at his house in New Hampshire to stay warm during the winter.
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A small oil heater burned in one corner of the room, providing warmth on a chilly evening.
Synonyms
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A machine that makes a room or water warm
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A machine that heats and keeps water, food, or a room hot
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A small heater that you can move to warm one room
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A small heater that burns kerosene to warm a room
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A machine that burns oil to heat a home or building
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A machine that burns oil to make heat for a building
A portable device that burns kerosine to warm a room or cook food
A stove that uses oil like kerosene for heating or cooking
A device that makes a room warm by producing heat
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Morphology
The meaning 'a heater that uses oil as fuel' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'oil' (fuel) with 'heater' (appliance that produces heat). This simple noun+noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun oil heater comes from the simple picture of a heater that burns oil to make heat. People would pour oil into a small tank, light it, and the hot metal would give 'warmth', so the name links oil, the fuel, and heater, the thing that makes a room warm.