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- [heet]
- /hit/
- /ˈhiː.tɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [heet]
- /hit/
Definitions of heating word
- noun heating the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth. 1
- noun heating the condition or quality of being hot: the heat of an oven. 1
- noun heating the degree of hotness; temperature: moderate heat. 1
- noun heating the sensation of warmth or hotness: unpleasant heat. 1
- noun heating a bodily temperature higher than normal: the heat of a fever; the feeling of heat caused by physical exertion. 1
- noun heating added or external energy that causes a rise in temperature, expansion, evaporation, or other physical change. 1
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Origin of heating
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hete, Old English hǣtu; akin to German Hitze; see hot
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Parts of speech for Heating
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heating popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heating usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heating
noun heating
- melting — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- cooking — Cooking is food which has been cooked.
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- baking — You can use baking to describe weather or a place that is very hot indeed.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
adjective heating
- browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
Antonyms for heating
noun heating
- refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
- cooling — making one feel cool
- freezing — (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.
Top questions with heating
- what is forced air heating?
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