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noun

an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.

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Origin of heat island

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby heat island

heat index, heating, heating degree-day, heating element, heating pad, heat island, heat-labile, heat lamp, heat lightning, Heat-Moon, heat of combustion

How to use heat island in a sentence

Planting more trees and green space can lower the urban heat island effect by several degrees.
It’s time to rethink air conditioning|Rebecca Leber|August 26, 2021|Vox
Satellites can image heat islands from space, recording how their temperatures rise and fall.
Explainer: Urban heat islands and how to cool them|Bethany Brookshire|August 19, 2021|Science News For Students
When I spoke to him last year for a story about heat islands in Phoenix, Hondula explained that low-income people of color are more likely to live in neighborhoods with little vegetation that are next to highways and industrial areas.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning|Sarah Kaplan|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
At the same time, residents of urban heat islands are less likely to have air conditioning.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning|Sarah Kaplan|July 23, 2021|Washington Post

Creating more parks and planting vegetation in public spaces, especially in heat island neighborhoods, helps to bring temperatures down, Hondula said.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning|Sarah Kaplan|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But while he was up there riffing about Steiger, he looked like he did in the Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The movie we went to that Friday night in 1953 was The Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Let Jourdan Dunn be the first of many—not an island, or badge of self-congratulation.
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem|Danielle Belton|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Guy Molinari, a former Staten Island borough president, pushed back against that view.
Will Dirty Pol Vito Fossella Replace Dirty Pol Michael Grimm?|David Freedlander|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
A volcano broke out in the island of St. George, one of the Azores.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for heat island

heat-island

noun

meteorol the mass of air over a large city, characteristically having a slightly higher average temperature than that of the surrounding air

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