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Heatwave

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Heatwave"

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Word	Definition
heatnoun	(uncountable) Thermal energy.
alleynoun	A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
lanenoun	(used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
heat wavenoun	(idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather.
hot spellnoun	A (usually) short period of hot weather. Sometimes a heat wave.
heatsnoun	(plural noun, dated) A period of hot weather.
heat stormnoun	(US) An extended heat wave, defined as high temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit over a large area for three consecutive days.
heat daynoun	A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to a bad heat wave or exceedingly hot temperatures
heat banknoun	(UK, Australia) A storage heater.
hot minutenoun	(informal, idiomatic) An extremely short period of time; a moment.
hot flashnoun	(US, Canada) Synonym of hot flush.
hothousenoun	A heated greenhouse.
hot-flashnoun	Alternative form of hot flash. [(US, Canada) Synonym of hot flush.]
heatstrokenoun	Alternative spelling of heat stroke. [(pathology, countable or uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.]
hotflashnoun	Alternative form of hot flash. [(US, Canada) Synonym of hot flush.]
heat-raynoun	(science fiction) A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
warmhousenoun	(climatology) A warm state in global climate, but less hot than a greenhouse state.
heatbanknoun	Alternative form of heat bank. [(UK, Australia) A storage heater.]
heatenoun	Archaic spelling of heat. [(uncountable) Thermal energy.]
hotgunnoun	Synonym of hot glue gun.