heating pad

American  

noun

1. a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.

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Example Sentences

She raises up a heating pad — nicknamed Jake Ryan after the brooding heartthrob in “Sixteen Candles” — that’s been warming her body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Is a hot bath better than a heating pad?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

But after several hours wrapped in an electric heating pad, the woman woke up, The Times reported, and she ultimately recovered with no serious lasting damage.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

But for 23 years there was, at the very least, this: a small miracle pill, a heating pad, a pint of Cherry Garcia, and Renée Zellweger cavorting through London.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

The electric heater, the heating pad, and the electric blanket.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer