Phrase guide

immersion heater

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device for supplying domestic hot water in which a thermostatically-controlled heating element is immersed within a tank of water

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to be heated (as in a hot-water tank)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: heating element

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: suqaynadan — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Belarusian: кіпяці́льнік (kipjacílʹnik) — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Bulgarian: бързова́р (bǎrzovár) — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煮水器 (zhǔshuǐqì) — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Dutch: dompelaar — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Finnish: uppokuumennin — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • French: thermoplongeur — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • German: Tauchsieder — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Hungarian: merülőforraló — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Kazakh: қайнатқыш (qainatqyş) — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varmekolbe — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varmekolbe — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Polish: grzałka — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Russian: кипяти́льник (kipjatílʹnik) — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Swedish: doppvärmare — a device for supplying domestic hot water
  • Ukrainian: кип'яти́льник (kypʺjatýlʹnyk) — a device for supplying domestic hot water