Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat shock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
heat shock
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The response of an organism to a rapid rise in temperature

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

heat shocks (plural)

Questions

What does heat shock mean?
The response of an organism to a rapid rise in temperature

How to pronounce heat shock

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