white heat

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noun

a stage of intense activity, excitement, feeling, etc.: The sales campaign is at white heat.

an intense heat at which a substance glows with white light.

Origin of white heat

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby white heat

white-handed gibbon, white hat, whitehead, white-headed, Whitehead's operation, white heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot

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Example sentences from the Web for white heat

Yet he could not escape the feeling that even at the white-heat of passion she was enjoying her scene.
Lady Lilith|Stephen McKenna
I am speaking of the third and fourth decades of the century, and political excitement was at white-heat.
Round About the Carpathians|Andrew F. Crosse
The noon meal is rushed through, perhaps when the brain is at white-heat.
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So|William Blaikie
If I read history aright, it is only the white-heat of fanaticism which brands a true word into the tough hide of society.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863|Various

All creatures, from the tiniest insect upward, were in reality busy under that curtain of white-heat haze.
The Open Air|Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for white heat

white heat

noun

intense heat or a very high temperature, characterized by emission of white light

informal a state of intense excitement or activity

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单词	white heat
释义	white heat SEE SYNONYMS FOR white heat ON THESAURUS.COM noun a stage of intense activity, excitement, feeling, etc.: The sales campaign is at white heat. an intense heat at which a substance glows with white light. Origin of white heat First recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby white heat white-handed gibbon, white hat, whitehead, white-headed, Whitehead's operation, white heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white heat Yet he could not escape the feeling that even at the white-heat of passion she was enjoying her scene. Lady Lilith\|Stephen McKenna I am speaking of the third and fourth decades of the century, and political excitement was at white-heat. Round About the Carpathians\|Andrew F. Crosse The noon meal is rushed through, perhaps when the brain is at white-heat. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So\|William Blaikie If I read history aright, it is only the white-heat of fanaticism which brands a true word into the tough hide of society. The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863\|Various All creatures, from the tiniest insect upward, were in reality busy under that curtain of white-heat haze. The Open Air\|Richard Jefferies British Dictionary definitions for white heat white heat noun intense heat or a very high temperature, characterized by emission of white light informal a state of intense excitement or activity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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