B.TH.U. as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure
   • equivalent to 251.997 calories
   Synonym(s)
   • British thermal unit (what does British thermal unit mean?)
   • BTU (what does BTU mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) B.Th.U. is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • work unit (what does work unit mean?)
   • heat unit (what does heat unit mean?)
   • energy unit (what does energy unit mean?)