body heat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.
The huge open gymnasium was cold. Only after the [weightlifting] competition was in progress did the air warm up from body heat.
1981 December 12, Melissa Wills, “Moving Metal”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 10:
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Translations (4)
fi ruumiinlämpö (heat produced from within the body) · fr chaleur corporelle (heat produced from within the body) · nl lichaamswarmte (heat produced from within the body) · pl ciepłota (heat produced from within the body)