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heat lamp

American  

noun

  1. a lamp fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.


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Kristen Stewart and her finance Dylan Meyer chatted with Daniel Kaluuya near a well-placed heat lamp, while Chloë Sevigny surveyed the room a few feet away.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Compared to the cheeseburger wrapped in foil and kept under a heat lamp that I’d eaten the last time I went skiing, it was downright luxurious.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

"I'm not happy about it, but I have to make firm choices, because financially the heat lamp is on all day."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2022

“Oh my God, congratulations!” exclaims author and BuzzFeed editor Farrah Penn, inching closer to a heat lamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Then they turned on a heat lamp, and watched as the jar with the aluminum foil lid got hotter than the one with no lid on it.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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