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hot-bag

hot-bag noun: alternative form of hot bag.

Noun

hot-bag (plural hot-bags)

  1. (bag that generates and/or holds heat) Alternative form of hot bag.
    • The temperature of the hot-bag should not exceed 120°.1880, Sidney Ringer, A Handbook of Therapeutics, page 87
    • One reason that such occurrences are not found frequently is that the rubber hot-bag does not readily fit into the neck, but bottles will roll, and will stay snugly against the skin over the vessels of the neck.1903 November 28, “Practical Points”, in The British Journal of Nursing, page 433
  2. (bag for keeping pizza hot during delivery) Alternative form of hot bag.
    • He had held a red pizza hot-bag horizontally on his arm.2012, Don Fred, Piscazzi’s Pizza
    • Domino's Pizza Inc. has created a new "hot-bag" technology to keep pizza hot and crisp during delivery.2014, Francis A Kwansa, H.G. Parsa, Quick Service Restaurants, Franchising, and Multi-Unit Chain Management, page 24

Examples of hot-bag in a sentence

  • Many cases of pain which do not yield to heat are relieved by the alternate use of the hot-bag and the ice-bag, or the alternation of fomentations and the ice-bag.1914, William Samuel Sadler, Worry and nervousness, or, The science of self-mastery, page 420:
  • "Just keep on with this school as you have been, and you won't have a reason to feel sorry anymore," she said, spoiling his moment of contrition, as she put the hot-bag back on his forehead.2010, Mercedes Lackey, Brightly Burning:
  • Then the exfoliation and the mud wrap, which was appallingly too warm and much more like being imprisoned in a Domino's pizza hot-bag than any sort of spa treatment.2016, Sierra Rose, Accidentally Married To The Billionaire:

Forms of hot-bag

pluralhot-bags

Questions about hot-bag

What does hot-bag mean?
Hot-bag means alternative form of hot bag.
How do you use hot-bag in a sentence?
Many cases of pain which do not yield to heat are relieved by the alternate use of the hot-bag and the ice-bag, or the alternation of fomentations and the ice-bag.
What part of speech is hot-bag?
Hot-bag is a noun.
What is the plural of hot-bag?
The plural of hot-bag is hot-bags.

Words near hot-bag in the dictionary

  1. hot-air balloon
  2. hot-air balloons
  3. hot-air stove
  4. hot-air stoves
  5. hot-and-hot
  6. hot-bag
  7. hot-bags
  8. hot-beef injection
  9. hot-beef injections
  10. hot-blooded
  11. hot-brain

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