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noun / verb

heat

HEET/hiːt/

Intense warmth produced by a high temperature.

The heat from the steaming bowl warms the hands above it.

An adult holds both open palms a short distance above a steaming ceramic bowl to feel its warmth; hands do not touch the hot liquid, only hands, bowl and faint steam.
Etymology
heatOld Englishheat, warmth

Old English hætu already meant warmth or the quality of being hot. Heat and hot share an origin: one names the condition, the other describes it.

In context

Trouw Nutrition6:14
heat stress for sows and that's an interesting just an interesting idea that you're trying to keep the piglets uh warm and dry
Tips to raising high performing piglets in the hyperprolific sow era | Lifestart Swine

More examples

  • The summer heat keeps us indoors during the afternoon.
  • We heat the soup slowly on the stove.
  • The pan heats up quickly on this burner.

Forms

heat · heats · heated · heating

heater noun — A device used to produce heat.

Similar words

warmth
Usually suggests moderate, comfortable heat rather than intense heat.
warm
Means to raise temperature, often only to a comfortable level.