"iron heater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron heaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} iron heater (plural iron heaters)
  1. (historical) The piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-iron_heater-en-noun-5zy7viV1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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