HEATER

fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet

(noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; “he swung late on the fastball”; “he showed batters nothing but smoke”

heater, warmer

(noun) device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

heater (plural heaters)

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.

(dated, slang) A gun.

(baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.

(gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.

(historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.

Anagrams

• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther

Proper noun

Heater (plural Heaters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heater is the 9001^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3634 individuals. Heater is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther

Source: Wiktionary

Heat"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, heats.

2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. Feed heater. See under Feed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition