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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to heat;
- Example: "a heating pad is calefactory"
[syn: calefactory, calefactive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n. 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room. [1913 Webster] 2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calefactory adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn: calefactory, calefactive]