hot-water heater

A form of hot water heater — An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).

Similar
water heaterhot-water tank

Meanings

nounhot-water heater (plural hot-water heaters)

plural hot-water heaters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hot water heater.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna heater and storage tank to supply heated water

Similar
water heaterhot-water tank
Broader
heaterwarmertankstorage tank
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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