water heater

noun

: an apparatus for heating and usually storing hot water (as for domestic use)

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This is particularly common in homes with 30- or 40-gallon water heaters that are drained quickly when multiple fixtures demand hot water at the same time, says Alex Atkinson, a plumber and HVAC technician at Super Brothers. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025 The South Coast Air Quality Management District — responsible for regulating industrial plants and products that pollute the LA basin’s air — recently rejected rules phasing in zero-emission water heaters and furnaces. Calmatters, Mercury News, 8 July 2025 Hospital administrators failed to repair a faulty water heater, resulting in a lack of hot water needed to sterilize instruments and for surgery staff to wash their hands. Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 July 2025 The inspectors found 10 nymphs and two adult live German cockroaches inside the store’s restroom on top of the water heater. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for water heater

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water heater was in 1824

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“Water heater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20heater. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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