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heating meaning

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  • NounPLheatingsSUF-ing
    1. A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
      1. The act of making something hot.
        1. The crucible was subjected to several heatings.
    2. Verb
      1. present participle of heat.
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore heatingSUPmost heating
        1. Causing heat.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!
            • Strawbale construction is a sustainable method for building, from the standpoint of both materials and energy needed for heating and cooling.
            • Another method to predilate the microvascular bed in the skin is by local heating [6 ].

        Meaning of heating for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "heating" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Morphemes
              • Suffixes
                • Words by suffix
                  • Words suffixed with -ing
              • Nouns
                • Countable nouns
                  • Singularia tantum
                    • Uncountable nouns
                  • Verbs
                    • Verb forms
                      • Participles
                        • Present participles
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