heat wave
or heat·wave
[heet-weyv]
noun
an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.
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Nearby words
- heat shield,
- heat sink,
- heat stroke,
- heat up,
- heat urticaria,
- heat-island,
- heat-labile,
- heat-moon,
- heat-seal,
- heat-seeking
Origin of heat wave
First recorded in 1875–80
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Examples from the Web for heat wave
The heat-wave had put forward the almanac, and the Newport season was in full swing nearly a month in advance of its usual date.
The Terms of Surrender|Louis TracyBecause, five weeks later, there was a heat-wave in the Red Sea, and everybody took off all the clothes they had.
Just So Stories|Rudyard KiplingWe were in a furnace—a heat-wave in which we were like to drown.
Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2)|W. H. RussellThe first touched upon an untimely, although welcome, heat-wave.
Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas
heat wave
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