feedwater heater

noun

a device used to preheat water before it enters a boiler. They were at one time also fitted to steam locomotives.

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Meanings

nounfeedwater heater (plural feedwater heaters)

plural feedwater heaters

  1. a device used to preheat water before it enters a boiler. They were at one time also fitted to steam locomotives.
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