fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
(noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; āhe swung late on the fastballā; āhe showed batters nothing but smokeā
heater, warmer
(noun) device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, Ʀther
Heater (plural Heaters)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heater is the 9001st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3634 individuals. Heater is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.
• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, Ʀther
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by CaffƩ Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.