high temperature

/haɪ ˈtɛmprətʃər/
/haɪ ˈtɛmprətʃə/
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Definitions of high temperature
  1. noun
    the presence of heat
    synonyms: heat, hotness
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    calefaction, incalescence
    the property of being warming
    fieriness, red heat
    the heat or the color of fire
    torridity
    extreme heat
    warmness, warmth
    the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
    white heat
    the hotness of something heated until it turns white
    lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness
    a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
    type of:
    temperature
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
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