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domestic hot water en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Water used, in any type of building, for domestic purposes, principally drinking, food preparation, sanitation, personal hygiene, and heating (but not including swimming pool heating, or processes such as commercial food preparation or clothes washing).
    • A range of products from high quality industrial steam, to lower temperature water for domestic hot water requirements and space heating. 2005, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee, Energy Efficiency: 2nd Report of Session 2005-06
    • Heating, ventilation, domestic hot water and lighting use significant amounts of energy. 1996, Geraint John, Kit Campbell, Handbook of Sports and Recreational Building Design Volume 3: Ice Rinks and Swimming Pools:
    • Warm or tepid water systems that dilute domestic hot water from a water heater with cold water upstream from the outlet source are not recommended. 2003, Roger F Jones, Martha J Boss, Dennis W Day, Biological Risk Engineering Handbook:

Coordinates

process hot water

Hypernyms

running water · water · tap water

Synonyms

DHW

Translations (1)

fi lämmin käyttövesi (hot water used for domestic purposes)