red heat

noun

: the state of being red-hot
also : the temperature at which a substance is red-hot

Examples of red heat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now suddenly the embers are showing a little red heat again. Heather Landy, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022 Sixteen out of 18 districts in Portugal are under top-tier red heat alerts; the two remaining are under a yellow or orange alert. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The drawings are arranged under red heat lamps — the kind that are used to hatch chicken eggs — and the environment is not unlike a stomach, the artist pointed out. Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of red heat was in 1665

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“Red heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20heat. Accessed 31 May. 2024.

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