Definition of heat

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• heat is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• heat is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• heat is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of heat

• gain heat or get hot (verb)

  Examples

  1. The room heated up quickly

  Synonyms

  1. heat up
  2. hot up
• make hot or hotter (verb)

  Examples

  1. the sun heats the oceans
  2. heat the water on the stove

  Synonyms

  1. heat up
• the sensation caused by heat energy (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. warmth
• arouse or excite feelings and passions (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. fire up
  2. ignite
  3. inflame
  4. stir up
  5. wake
• utility to warm a building (noun)

  Examples

  1. the heating system wasn't working
  2. they have radiant heating

  Synonyms

  1. heating
  2. heating plant
  3. heating system
• the trait of being intensely emotional (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. passion
  2. warmth
• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. heat energy
• the presence of heat (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. high temperature
  2. hotness
• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. estrus
  2. oestrus
  3. rut
• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race (noun)
• provide with heat (verb)

  Examples

  1. heat the house

See definition of heat in Merriam Webster