American English

How to pronounce heating

noun · verbB1Common word
HEEdihng

/ˈhi.ɾɪŋ/

2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.

a system that keeps a building or room warm

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Meanings & examples

nounless common

a system that keeps a building or room warm

The heating is not working.

Please turn on the heating.

Good to know

In American English, the heat is usually more natural than the heating when you mean a home's system.

Common phrases & grammar

central heating · heating system · heating bill · heating oil

the heating + be + on/off

turn on/off + the heating

verb

making something warmer or hotter

The sun is heating the pavement.

The oven is heating up.

Common phrases & grammar

heating water · heating food · heating a room

subject + be + heating + object

subject + be + heating up

nountechnicalless common

the process of making something warm or hot

The heating of water takes energy.

Heating metal takes time.

Common phrases & grammar

heating process · heating element · heating of water

the heating of + noun

heating + noun + take(s) + time

Useful expressions

central heating

a system that heats many rooms in a building

The apartment has central heating.

heating system

equipment that warms a building or room

The heating system needs repair.

heating bill

a bill for the energy used to heat a home or building

Our heating bill was high this month.

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