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noun

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

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Words nearby heat lamp

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

How to use heat lamp in a sentence

With the heat lamps off the air is cool, and on closer examination the Matrigel fluid inside the flasks has begun to separate.
Blackout in the Brain Lab - Issue 98: Mind|Erik Hoel|March 24, 2021|Nautilus
I comfortably strolled around a campsite in 20-degree weather, and I slept like a baby chick under a heat lamp through that night with only a very light 50-degree sleeping bag draped like a blanket on top.
This Wearable Sleeping Bag Cures the Winter Blues|Kaelyn Lynch|November 30, 2020|Outside Online
Bailey said he’s already spent hundreds of dollars on heat lamps to place at each outdoor table at Trade and additional television screens and projectors for their outdoor spaces.
Bars brace for COVID winter|Parker Purifoy|October 9, 2020|Washington Blade
It’s a good moment to be selling outdoor heat lamps in the US.
Demand for patio heaters soars ahead of Covid-19’s first US winter|Alexandra Ossola|October 5, 2020|Quartz

Laura Camerer remembers the food in her college town in Morehead, Kentucky, as “all fried solid as rocks sitting under heat lamps, kind of gray and gristly.”
Fast-Food Buffets Are a Thing of the Past. Some Doubt They Ever Even Existed.|MM Carrigan|September 29, 2020|Eater
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
Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, rum, powdered sugar, and salt until fully incorporated.
Carla Hall’s Christmas Day Treat: Rum Balls|Carla Hall|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
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.
Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

Medical definitions for heat lamp

heat lamp

A lamp that emits infrared light and produces heat, used to apply topical heat to the skin for therapeutic purposes.