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heating pad

American  

noun

  • heating pads
    plural
  1. a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.


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Anytime I wasn’t at a show, I just went back to the hotel and got into bed with a heating pad and I didn’t get out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

She raises up a heating pad — nicknamed Jake Ryan after the brooding heartthrob in “Sixteen Candles” — that’s been warming her body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

A heating pad costs 25% more at $24.96 this year…A fishing reel at Walmart jumped to $83.26 from $57.37.”

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025

When you warm up a portion of your body with, say, a heating pad, your blood vessels relax, increasing blood flow to the area.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

The electric heater, the heating pad, and the electric blanket.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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