hot spot
/ˈhɑtˌspɑt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.70 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun
A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
Example Sentences
- "[Y]our microwave may have an area in which more energy is concentrated. To test for a hot spot, place sliced white bread across the bottom of your microwave, so that the slices are touching, forming a solid layer."
- "While researchers can see the path that Yellowstone burned as the hot spot migrated from Oregon across Idaho and into Wyoming, discerning one eruption from another has been a chore as most volcanic deposits are scattered across vast landscapes in a chaotic jumble."
- "Great guns! messmates, but if Flint was living, this would be a hot spot for you and me. Six they were, and six are we; and bones is what they are now."
- "For instance, Toronto's Bloor Street Viaduct was, alas, a suicide hotspot – in fact, it was second only to the Golden Gate Bridge in terms of the number of bridge-related suicides."
- "I might never have learned my name or met my birth family if I hadn't ended up in the hospital in Rhode Island in 2007, after traveling to a trifecta of malaria hotspots: Mali, Egypt and Colombia."
- "It has been reported that an entertainment took place not long ago in a certain "hot spot" in New York City, and it has been charged that members of the Federal Communications Commission were present; that they got into a drunken brawl; and in the brawl some woman was hurt, her arm twisted."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑtˌspɑt/
- British English: /ˈhɒtˌspɒt/