Meanings
nounblock heater (plural block heaters)
plural block heaters
- An electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather.
Synonyms: cylinder-block heater, engine-block heater
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather.
Similar
cylinder-block heaterengine-block heater
Origin
block+heater: From being a heating unit for a vehicular engine block
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish parkeringsvarmer
- parkeringsvarmeran electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Finnish lohkolämmitin, moottorinlämmitin
- lohkolämmitinan electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
- moottorinlämmitinan electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
French chauffe-moteur, chauffe-bloc moteur
- chauffe-moteuran electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
- chauffe-bloc moteuran electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
- chauffe-blocan electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
- bloc-heateran electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Romanian încălzitor de motor
- încălzitor de motoran electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Russian предпусково́й подогрева́тель дви́гателя
- предпусково́й подогрева́тель дви́гателя (predpuskovój podogrevátelʹ dvígatelja)an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Swedish motorvärmare
- motorvärmarean electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Cite this entry
APA
block heater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20heater
MLA
“block heater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20heater. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “block heater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20heater.
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