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dry heat

noun

: hot temperatures with little moisture in the air
the desert's dry heat

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There are traditional Finnish saunas (dry heat/steam), infrared saunas (radiant heat), Turkish baths/hammams (can include a venik ritual where guests are flogged with branches) and Russian banyas (high-humidity steam). Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Roasting Roasting involves cooking food with dry heat, typically in an oven. Lindsey Desoto, Health, 13 Nov. 2025 Brisk mornings, blue skies and dry heat set the scene for holiday memories at Southern California’s desert resorts. David Dickstein, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 Our preparations for the dry heat, our sunglasses and water bottles, suddenly seemed absurd. Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dry heat

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“Dry heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20heat. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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