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heatmaking

heatmaking noun: the generation of heat.

Noun

heatmaking (uncountable)

  1. The generation of heat.
    • It would appear, from different experiments, that invisible rays exist in the solar beam possessed of chemical powers; but neither of illuminating nor heatmaking agencies.1807, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall, The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal (page 255)
    • […] natural gas is 3.5 times more efficient for heatmaking purposes.1974, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Federal Power Commission Oversight; Natural Gas Curtailment..., page 461

Origin of heatmaking

From heat + making.

Questions about heatmaking

What does heatmaking mean?
Heatmaking means the generation of heat.
What part of speech is heatmaking?
Heatmaking is a noun.

Words near heatmaking in the dictionary

  1. heatless
  2. heatlessly
  3. heatlessness
  4. Heatley
  5. Heatleys
  6. heatmaking
  7. heatmap
  8. heatmapped
  9. heatmapping
  10. heatmaps
  11. Heaton

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