lukewarm
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2.3
- adjective
- /ˌluːkˈwɔrm/
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tibio
- Claire returned to the kitchen and sat down to her cup of lukewarm coffee.
- lukewarm water
- lukewarm coffee
- lukewarm tea
That's when you start using the lukewarm wet cloth.
- That's when you start using the lukewarm wet cloth.
- Turn your shower to like a lukewarm at least heat.
- In Otti's pregnancy, if I felt really, really sick, my go to would be like a kind of lukewarm bath and I would just lie there and just like try and breathe through it.
Examples
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The water should be cool or lukewarm, not ice cold.
Academic text (2012) -
Mike Chapman sat opposite me as he worked on his second egg sandwich and lukewarm cup of coffee.
Fiction book (1997) -
Elizabeth, people drink their coffee hot or cold, but nobody likes it lukewarm, not even the Lord.
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The beer's always lukewarm over there.
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I had a shower and the water was lukewarm, so that wasn't great.
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I've got about a cup of lukewarm coffee left.
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After washing the wounds with lukewarm water, he poured the better part of the bottle over them.
Fiction book (2000) -
The water was lukewarm and had a faintly metallic edge, but still it tasted wonderful.
Fiction book (1995) -
Johanna ran on ahead and filled a galvanized tub with lukewarm water.
Fiction book (1992) -
She enjoyed her soup, but she wished it hadn't cooled down to lukewarm.
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Etymology
Lukewarm comes from an old English part luke that meant 'a little warm' or 'tepid', so lukewarm describes something like a baby's bottle that is only moderately warm, neither hot nor cold.