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canned heat

canned heat noun: fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol and contained in a canister with a removable top, designed to be burned directly from that canister.

Noun

canned heat (uncountable)

  1. Fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol and contained in a canister with a removable top, designed to be burned directly from that canister.
  2. Pre-recorded cheering or booing played during a match.

Questions about canned heat

What does canned heat mean?
Canned heat means fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol and contained in a canister with a removable top, designed to be burned directly from that canister.
What part of speech is canned heat?
Canned heat is a noun.

Words near canned heat in the dictionary

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  2. canned benchmark
  3. canned benchmarks
  4. canned cheese
  5. canned cheeses
  6. canned heat
  7. canned hunt
  8. canned hunting
  9. canned huntings
  10. canned hunts
  11. canned it

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