hotness
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- noun
- /ˈhɑtnəs/
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- So as the water is approaching its optimal hotness, that's when you know that it's time.
So for example, he talks about hotness and coldness.
- So for example, he talks about hotness and coldness.
Examples
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Mmm, on the hotness scale.
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So for example, he talks about hotness and coldness.
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Look at hotness in front you.
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The mug's hotness burned his palms.
Fiction book (1995) -
One is with the purpose of weather stations being unreliable; the other is with the purpose of cities, which create temperature islands, skewing the hotness analysis.
Blog text (32) -
This summer gave us an extra dose of hotness in the abs department, from Magic Mike to the Summer Olympics, which is why we're gathering all of the hottest in one place.
Blog text (24) -
Plus, the world's always changing brightness and hotness, and there's invisible germs floating everywhere.
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I felt such a hotness in my throat; I could hardly even pretend to listen when Nobu began telling me something about the two wrestlers climbing onto the mound.
Fiction book (1997) -
No, not until they breached the stinking hotness of the rock and the bats, which laired there, poured outward.
Fiction book (1995) -
The hotness of the summer sun made everyone seek shade.
Synonyms
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How hot or cold something is
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A feeling of being hot or warm
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A gentle feeling of heat on your skin
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A higher than normal level of heat in the air
Very strong heat that makes the air and ground hot
Very hot weather that makes the air dry and uncomfortable
A gentle heat in a place or from the sun
Air that is warm and humid and feels uncomfortable
Hot, humid weather that makes you feel tired and uncomfortable
Antonyms
Compounds
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hotness comes from the old English word hot, which meant 'having a high temperature' and is the same idea as heat. So hotness is the 'quality of being hot', which explains its use for temperature.