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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Astley also notes in her mattress review that this bed has premier temperature regulation and doesn’t trap body heat as she and her husband sleep.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
The shell easily wicks away moisture, while the interior traps body heat.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
The film is light, packs down small, and both reflects body heat back up to you and stops radiant heat loss to the snow.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 May 2025
On a chilly spring night in Balboa Park, the Casa del Prado’s cavernous rehearsal room was warmed by the body heat of more than a dozen San Diego Civic Youth Ballet dance students.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
The shell easily wicks away moisture, while the interior traps body heat.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
The film is light, packs down small, and both reflects body heat back up to you and stops radiant heat loss to the snow.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 May 2025
On a chilly spring night in Balboa Park, the Casa del Prado’s cavernous rehearsal room was warmed by the body heat of more than a dozen San Diego Civic Youth Ballet dance students.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Body heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20heat. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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