central heating

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   a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators

   Broaderheating system

Questions about central heating

What does central heating mean?

central heating means "a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators".

Is central heating a common word?

central heating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.