heat wave
or heat·wave
[ heet-weyv ]
/ ˈhitˌweɪv /
noun
an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.
Origin of heat wave
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby heat wave
heat shield,
heat sink,
heat stroke,
heat up,
heat urticaria,
heat wave,
heat-island,
heat-labile,
heat-moon,
heat-seal,
heat-seeking
Example sentences from the Web for heat wave
The heat-wave had put forward the almanac, and the Newport season was in full swing nearly a month in advance of its usual date.
The Terms of Surrender |Louis TracyBecause, five weeks later, there was a heat-wave in the Red Sea, and everybody took off all the clothes they had.
Just So Stories |Rudyard KiplingWe were in a furnace—a heat-wave in which we were like to drown.
Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2) |W. H. RussellThe first touched upon an untimely, although welcome, heat-wave.
Adventures and Enthusiasms |E. V. Lucas
British Dictionary definitions for heat wave
heat wave
noun
a continuous spell of abnormally hot weather
(not in technical use)
an extensive slow-moving air mass at a relatively high temperature