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heat waves

heat waves is the plural of heat wave.

Meaning of heat wave

Noun

heat wave (plural heat waves)

  1. (idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather.
    • We're havin a heat wave / A tropical heat wave / The temperatures rising, it isn't surprising / She certainly can, can can! / She started a heat wave / By letting her seat wave, / in such a way that the customers say / that she certainly can, can-can!1933, Irving Berlin, “Heat Wave”, in As Thousands Cheer
    1. (US, idiomatic) Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
    2. (UK, idiomatic) A period of at least three consecutive days with daily high temperatures of the respective county's temperature threshold or higher.
  2. An electromagnetic wave in the infrared spectrum.

Questions about heat waves

What is heat waves the plural of?
Heat waves is the plural of heat wave.

Words near heat waves in the dictionary

  1. heat treatment
  2. heat treatments
  3. heat up
  4. heat vision
  5. heat wave
  6. heat waves
  7. heat-and-eat
  8. heat-labile
  9. heat-proof
  10. heat-ray
  11. heat-rays

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