adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
2. 2
   A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Adjective

1. 1
   warming

Adjective

1. 1
   serving to heat wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

burningcalefactivecalefactivecauterantcommon housecommon house

Antonyms

All antonyms

frigefactive

Etymology

Etymology 1

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

Etymology 2

* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.

Related phrases

sitting roomwarming pan

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