heat: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with H · ends with T
Meaning of heat
noun
- uncountable
Thermal energy.
Example: This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
- countable, uncountable
The condition or quality of being hot.
Example: Stay out of the heat of the sun!
- uncountable
An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
Example: The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
- uncountable
A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
Example: It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
Listed forms: heats.
Source: Wiktionary — heat.
verb
- transitive
To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
Example: I'll heat up the water.
- intransitive
To become hotter.
Example: There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
- figuratively, transitive
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- figuratively, transitive
To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
Listed forms: heats, heating, heated, het.
Source: Wiktionary — heat.
verb
- dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past
simple past and past participle of heat
Base or related entry: heat.
Source: Wiktionary — heat.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for heat.
noun
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- heat energy
noun
the presence of heat
- hotness
- high temperature
noun
the sensation caused by heat energy
noun
the trait of being intensely emotional
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is heat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of heat
H(4) + E(1) + A(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of heat
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from heat
17 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in heat. Showing up to 24, longest first.