body heat
noun
: heat produced in the body of a living animal by metabolic and physical activities
called also animal heat
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When sleeping with a partner, sharing the same duvet or blanket means also sharing each other’s body heat.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
By keeping your hand out of direct contact with the bowl of the glass, the stem prevents you from warming the wine up with body heat.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Fortunately, the wetsuits, personal flotation devices, and booties help hold body heat and keep paddlers warm.
—Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Most suit jackets come fully lined, which adds unnecessary insulation and traps body heat—hardly ideal when temperatures soar.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
By keeping your hand out of direct contact with the bowl of the glass, the stem prevents you from warming the wine up with body heat.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Fortunately, the wetsuits, personal flotation devices, and booties help hold body heat and keep paddlers warm.
—Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Most suit jackets come fully lined, which adds unnecessary insulation and traps body heat—hardly ideal when temperatures soar.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for body heat
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“Body heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20heat. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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