heat lamp
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the burger you buy has suffered from being wrapped and left under a heat lamp, with the result that the bun is a bit squashed, she suggests.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
Fopiano said she has to turn her truck on throughout the night to power a red heat lamp to keep them warm.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
The menu offers Soviet comfort food, with sausages, potato salad, soups including borscht and sour cream, and dessert with cherry and sour cream dumplings, all shining under a heat lamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
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
Bo keeps to himself in the kitchen, but we play a game of Catch Me If You Can with our eyes over the heat lamp counters.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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