electric fire
(UK, Ireland) A fire, stove or heater powered by electricity.
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(UK, Ireland) A fire, stove or heater powered by electricity.
[A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine.
“Turned the electric fire on to ward off the gloom. #Oakland”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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