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Heating

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hotverbRelating to heat and conditions which produce it.
heatnoun(uncountable) Thermal energy.
calefactorynounwarming
calefactivecalefactory
warmingnounA small rise in temperature.
heating systemnounutility to warm a building
heating plantA heating plant, also called a physical plant, or steam plant, generates thermal energy in the form of steam for use in district heating applications.

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calefactorynoun(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
calefactivecalefactory
hotnounA hot meal, usually in the phrase "three hots" (i.e. three hot meals per day) or derivations such as three hots and a cot.
warmingnounA small rise in temperature.
heating plantA heating plant, also called a physical plant, or steam plant, generates thermal energy in the form of steam for use in district heating applications.
heating systemnounutility to warm a building
heaternounA device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
thermostatnounA device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
furnacenoun(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.
fuelnounSubstance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
stovenounA device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
firewoodnounWood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
fuelwoodnounwood grown or felled for use as commercial fuel
firingnounThe discharge of a gun or other weapon.
steamnounThe hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
boilernounAn apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
combustionnoun(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
overheatingnounA situation where something is overheated.
burningnounA fiery pain.
temperaturenounA measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

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