n. 1. One who, or that which, heats. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [ slang ] [ PJC ]
[あな, ana](n, n-suf) (1) (See 穴が開く) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (sl) (See 平土間) pit (of a theater); (8) (arch) hiding place; (9) (arch) underbelly (of society, etc.); (P)#3690[Add to Longdo]