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An appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hot water heater
Antonyms: none provided
a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hot-water heater, hot-water tank
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heater, warmer, tank, storage tank
Narrower terms: water back
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
escalfador
— appliance for heating water
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Chinese Mandarin:
熱水器 /热水器
(rèshuǐqì)
— appliance for heating water
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Finnish:
vedenkuumennin
— appliance for heating water
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Finnish:
vedenlämmitin
— appliance for heating water
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French:
chauffe-eau
— appliance for heating water
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French:
tank à eau chaude
— appliance for heating water
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German:
Heißwasserbereiter
— appliance for heating water
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German:
Warmwasserbereiter
— appliance for heating water
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German:
Boiler
— appliance for heating water
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Greek:
θερμοσίφωνας
(thermosífonas)
— appliance for heating water
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Hebrew:
מֵחַם
(meẖám)
— appliance for heating water
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Irish:
téitheoir uisce
— appliance for heating water
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Italian:
caldaia
— appliance for heating water
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Italian:
scaldabagno
— appliance for heating water
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Italian:
boiler
— appliance for heating water
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Japanese:
給湯器
(kyūtōki)
— appliance for heating water
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Japanese:
湯沸かし器
(yuwakashiki)
— appliance for heating water
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Malay:
pemanas air
— appliance for heating water
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Persian:
آبگرمکن
(âbgarmkon)
— appliance for heating water
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Polish:
ogrzewacz wody
— appliance for heating water
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Polish:
bojler
— appliance for heating water
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Polish:
terma
— appliance for heating water
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Polish:
podgrzewacz wody
— appliance for heating water
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Portuguese:
aquecedor de água
— appliance for heating water
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Portuguese:
esquentador
— appliance for heating water
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Russian:
водонагрева́тель
(vodonagrevátelʹ)
— appliance for heating water
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Russian:
водоподогрева́тель
(vodopodogrevátelʹ)
— appliance for heating water
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Russian:
коло́нка
(kolónka)
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
calentador
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
terma
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
termo
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
termosifón
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
termofón
— appliance for heating water
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Spanish:
calefón
— appliance for heating water
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Swedish:
varmvattenberedare
— appliance for heating water
