heating plant

/hidɪŋ plænt/

Other forms: heating plants

Definitions of heating plant

1. noun

   utility to warm a building
   synonyms: heat, heating, heating system

   types:

   central heating

   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

   gas heat

   heating system that burns natural gas

   panel heating

   heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes

   steam heat, steam heating

   a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators

   type of:

   utility

   a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal