"electric fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: electric fires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electric fire (plural electric fires)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A fire, stove or heater powered by electricity. Tags: Ireland, UK Translations (fire, stove or heater powered by electricity): Elektroofen [masculine] (German), tine leictreach [feminine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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