Meanings
nounheating (countable and uncountable, plural heatings)
plural heatings
- countableuncountableA system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter.
- countableuncountableThe act of making something hot.
The crucible was subjected to several heatings.
1 more example
After repeated swagings and heatings […]
1913, The Mineral Industry, volume 21, page 849
adjectiveheating (comparative more heating, superlative most heating)
comparative more heating · superlative most heating
- Causing heat.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of heat
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَدْفِئَة
- تَدْفِئَة (tadfiʔa)system
Bulgarian отопле́ние, нагряване
- отопле́ние (otoplénie)system
- нагряване (nagrjavane)act
- подгряване (podgrjavane)act
- загряващ (zagrjavašt)causing heat
- отоплителен (otoplitelen)causing heat
Catalan calefacció, escalfament
- calefacciósystem
- escalfamentact
Chinese Mandarin 暖氣 /暖气, 加熱 /加热
- 暖氣 /暖气 (nuǎnqì)system
- 加熱 /加热 (jiārè)system
Czech topení, ohřev
- topenísystem
- ohřevact
Danish opvarmning
- opvarmningsystem
Dutch verwarming, verwarmend
- verwarmingsystem
- verwarmendcausing heat
Esperanto hejtado, hejtado
- hejtadosystem
- hejtadoact
Estonian küte
- kütesystem
Finnish lämmitys, lämmitysjärjestelmä
- lämmityssystem
- lämmitysjärjestelmäsystem
- lämmittäminenact
- kuumennusact
- lämmittäväcausing heat
French chauffage, chauffage
- chauffagesystem
- chauffageact
- chauffantcausing heat
German Heizung, erhitzend
- Heizungsystem
- erhitzendcausing heat
Greek καλοριφέρ
- καλοριφέρ (kalorifér)system
Hindi हीटिंग
- हीटिंग (hīṭiṅg)system
Hungarian fűtés
- fűtéssystem
Icelandic upphitun, miðstöð
- upphitunsystem
- miðstöðsystem
Italian riscaldamento, riscaldante
- riscaldamentosystem
- riscaldantecausing heat
- scaldantecausing heat
Japanese 暖房
- 暖房 (danbō)system
Korean 난방
- 난방 (nanbang)system
Latvian apkure
- apkuresystem
Lithuanian šildymas
- šildymassystem
Norwegian Bokmål oppvarming
- oppvarmingsystem
Persian گرمایش, گرمایش
- گرمایش (garmâyeš)system
- گرمایشcausing heat
Polish ogrzewanie
- ogrzewaniesystem
Portuguese calefação
- calefaçãosystem
Romanian încălzire
- încălziresystem
Russian отопле́ние
- отопле́ние (otoplénije)system
Scottish Gaelic teasachadh
- teasachadhsystem
Slovak kúrenie
- kúreniesystem
Spanish calefacción, calentamiento
- calefacciónsystem
- calentamientoact
Swedish uppvärmning
- uppvärmningsystem
Turkish ısıtma
- ısıtmasystem
Ukrainian опа́лення
- опа́лення (opálennja)system
Yiddish הייצונג
- הייצונג (heytsung)system
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with heating
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Cite this entry
APA
heating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heating
MLA
“heating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heating. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heating.
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