Thermostat - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈθɜːrməstæt|  American pronunciation of the word thermostat
Brit.  |ˈθɜːməstæt|  British pronunciation of the word thermostat

noun

- a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat

verb

- control the temperature with a thermostat

Extra examples

I set the thermostat to 68 degrees.

A thermostat controls the room's temperature.

A thermostat controls the temperature in the building.

The thermostat will gauge the temperature and control the heat.

The built-in thermostat guarantees that the water remains at the same temperature all the time.

...there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody...

Word forms

noun
singular: thermostat
plural: thermostats
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