red heat

noun

: the state of being red-hot
also : the temperature at which a substance is red-hot

Examples of red heat in a Sentence

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Now suddenly the embers are showing a little red heat again. Heather Landy, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022 Sixteen out of 18 districts in Portugal are under top-tier red heat alerts; the two remaining are under a yellow or orange alert. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The drawings are arranged under red heat lamps — the kind that are used to hatch chicken eggs — and the environment is not unlike a stomach, the artist pointed out. Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of red heat was in 1665

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“Red heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20heat. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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