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View synonyms for white heat

white heat

noun

  1. a stage of intense activity, excitement, feeling, etc..

    The sales campaign is at white heat.

  2. an intense heat at which a substance glows with white light.



white heat

noun

  1. intense heat or a very high temperature, characterized by emission of white light

  2. informal,  a state of intense excitement or activity

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of white heat1

First recorded in 1700–10

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