body heat

noun

: heat produced in the body of a living animal by metabolic and physical activities

called also animal heat

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This sugar-free drink is traditionally used as a cooling beverage to counter body heat in hot weather in countries like Egypt and Sudan. —

Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025 The long-wearing oil melts into skin, allowing your body heat to spread the scent, which smells clean without smelling laundry, crisp without being sharp, warm and woodsy without being heavy—Vogue’s senior shopping editor Talia Abbas has been wearing it for years. —

Emily Orofino, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025 Gloves, a scarf, and a hat will keep you from losing your body heat. —

Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 People here share napkins, bread, cartridges, water, power for their phones, gloves, socks, body heat. —

Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for body heat