Meanings
nounwater heater (plural water heaters)
plural water heaters
- An appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.
Synonyms: hot water heater
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna heater and storage tank to supply heated water
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hot-water heaterhot-water tank
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan escalfador
- escalfadorappliance for heating water
Chinese Mandarin 熱水器 /热水器
- 熱水器 /热水器 (rèshuǐqì)appliance for heating water
Finnish vedenkuumennin, vedenlämmitin
- vedenkuumenninappliance for heating water
- vedenlämmitinappliance for heating water
French chauffe-eau, tank à eau chaude
- chauffe-eauappliance for heating water
- tank à eau chaudeappliance for heating water
German Heißwasserbereiter, Warmwasserbereiter
- Heißwasserbereiterappliance for heating water
- Warmwasserbereiterappliance for heating water
- Boilerappliance for heating water
Greek θερμοσίφωνας
- θερμοσίφωνας (thermosífonas)appliance for heating water
Hebrew מֵחַם
- מֵחַם (meẖám)appliance for heating water
Irish téitheoir uisce
- téitheoir uisceappliance for heating water
Italian caldaia, scaldabagno
- caldaiaappliance for heating water
- scaldabagnoappliance for heating water
- boilerappliance for heating water
Japanese 給湯器, 湯沸かし器
- 給湯器 (kyūtōki)appliance for heating water
- 湯沸かし器 (yuwakashiki)appliance for heating water
Malay pemanas air
- pemanas airappliance for heating water
Persian آبگرمکن
- آبگرمکن (âbgarmkon)appliance for heating water
Polish ogrzewacz wody, bojler
- ogrzewacz wodyappliance for heating water
- bojlerappliance for heating water
- termaappliance for heating water
- podgrzewacz wodyappliance for heating water
Portuguese aquecedor de água, esquentador
- aquecedor de águaappliance for heating water
- esquentadorappliance for heating water
Russian водонагрева́тель, водоподогрева́тель
- водонагрева́тель (vodonagrevátelʹ)appliance for heating water
- водоподогрева́тель (vodopodogrevátelʹ)appliance for heating water
- коло́нка (kolónka)appliance for heating water
Spanish calentador, terma
- calentadorappliance for heating water
- termaappliance for heating water
- termoappliance for heating water
- termosifónappliance for heating water
- termofónappliance for heating water
- calefónappliance for heating water
Swedish varmvattenberedare
- varmvattenberedareappliance for heating water
Cite this entry
APA
water heater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20heater
MLA
“water heater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20heater. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water heater,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20heater.
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