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WARMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
Synonyms:
heater; warmer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("warmer" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warmer"):
brasier; brazier (large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times)
convector (a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection)
defroster; deicer (heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane))
demister (heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car)
gas heater (a heater that burns gas for heat)
heating pad; hot pad (heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad)
kerosene heater; kerosine heater; oil heater; oilstove (heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking)
radiator (heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings)
solar heater (a heater that makes direct use of solar energy)
space heater (heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room)
stove (any heating apparatus)
hot-water heater; hot-water tank; water heater (a heater and storage tank to supply heated water)
Derivation:
warm (make warm or warmer)
Context examples:
Surely, dear brother, he continued, holding out his hand, you have a warmer greeting than this for me.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As the sun became warmer and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
That process long ago transformed wetter, warmer ancient Mars into today's arid, frozen planet.
(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)
WMO notes warmer than average temperatures dominated across much of the world’s land and ocean surfaces during November.
(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)
This fluid is warmer than body temperature.
(CHPP, NCI Dictionary)
Accurately predicting carbon emissions from natural systems is vital to the reliability of calculations used to understand the pace of climate change, and the effects of a warmer world.
(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)
There I found my blessed darling stopping her ears behind the door, with her dear little face against the wall; and Jip in the plate-warmer with his head tied up in a towel.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A new study reports that the south polar region of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is warmer than expected just a few feet below its icy surface.
(Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus, NASA)
The warmer temperatures encourage melting and sublimation at all ice surfaces exposed to the air.
(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)
Northwesterly winds allowed this warmer water to well up from the deep ocean onto the continental shelf in front of Marguerite Bay.
(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)
