heating
English Thesaurus
1. utility to warm a building (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | utility, |
definition | : | a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | central heating, |
definition | : | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | gas heat, |
definition | : | heating system that burns natural gas (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | panel heating, |
definition | : | heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | steam heat, steam heating, |
definition | : | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | boiler, steam boiler, |
definition | : | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | radiator, |
definition | : | heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings (noun.artifact) |
part meronym | : | building, edifice, |
definition | : | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place (noun.artifact) |
2. the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature (noun.process)
hypernym | : | temperature change, |
definition | : | a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | boiling, |
definition | : | the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | global warming, |
definition | : | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | induction heating, |
definition | : | the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | overheating, |
definition | : | excessive heating (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | radiant heating, |
definition | : | heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | melt, melting, thaw, thawing, |
definition | : | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (noun.process) |
3. utility to warm a building (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | heat, |
definition | : | provide with heat (verb.possession) |
4. the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature (noun.process)
derivation | : | warm, warm up, |
definition | : | get warm or warmer (verb.change) |
5. utility to warm a building (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | heat, |
definition | : | provide with heat (verb.possession) |
6. the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature (noun.process)
derivation | : | warm, warm up, |
definition | : | get warm or warmer (verb.change) |
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