block heater

English

Etymology

block+heater: From being a heating unit for a vehicular engine block

Noun

block heater (plural block heaters)

1. An electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather.

Synonyms

• cylinder-block heater
• engine-block heater

Hyponyms

• headbolt heater

Translations

an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather

• Danish: parkeringsvarmer c
• Finnish: lohkolämmitin (fi), moottorinlämmitin
• French: chauffe-moteur (fr) m, chauffe-bloc moteur m, chauffe-bloc (fr) m, bloc-heater (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: motorvarmar m

• Romanian: încălzitor de motor n
• Russian: предпусково́й подогрева́тель дви́гателя m (predpuskovój podogrevátelʹ dvígatelja)
• Swedish: motorvärmare (sv) c