also: the temperature at which a substance is red-hot
Examples of red heat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNow suddenly the embers are showing a little red heat again.—Heather Landy, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022 Sixteen out of 18 districts in Portugal are under top-tier red heat alerts; the two remaining are under a yellow or orange alert.—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The drawings are arranged under red heat lamps — the kind that are used to hatch chicken eggs — and the environment is not unlike a stomach, the artist pointed out.—Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
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