hot pad
- noun
- /hɑt pæd/
- US
:
almohadilla térmica
- She placed the hot pad on her sore back to relieve the pain.
Examples
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The doctor recommended using a hot pad to help with muscle relaxation.
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During winter, a hot pad can be comforting for cold hands and feet.
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I used a hot pad to ease my back pain.
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The hot pad was very effective for muscle soreness.
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She placed the hot pad on her sore back to relieve the pain.
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The doctor recommended using a hot pad to help with muscle relaxation.
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During winter, a hot pad can be comforting for cold hands and feet.
Synonyms
6
2.7
A soft pad with electric heat you put on the body for warmth or pain relief
6
2.7
A container filled with hot water to warm a bed or soothe a part of the body
1
8.2
A small heated pad used to keep you warm or ease pain
A rubber bottle filled with hot water used to warm the body or bed
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small pad placed under a hot dish to protect a surface' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hot' (heated) + 'pad' (a protective, cushioned layer). This is a literal adjective+noun combination following common compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hot pad comes from the simple image of a soft pad that is made hot and placed on a sore part of the body to give warmth. So, a hot pad means 'a pad you heat to warm or relieve pain'.