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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The long-wearing oil melts into skin, allowing your body heat to spread the scent, which smells clean without smelling laundry, crisp without being sharp, warm and woodsy without being heavy—Vogue’s senior shopping editor Talia Abbas has been wearing it for years.
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Emily Orofino, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Gloves, a scarf, and a hat will keep you from losing your body heat.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
People here share napkins, bread, cartridges, water, power for their phones, gloves, socks, body heat.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
In turn, theropods and ornithischians may have developed the ability to generate their own body heat millions of years ago.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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Emily Orofino, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Gloves, a scarf, and a hat will keep you from losing your body heat.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
People here share napkins, bread, cartridges, water, power for their phones, gloves, socks, body heat.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
In turn, theropods and ornithischians may have developed the ability to generate their own body heat millions of years ago.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Body heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20heat. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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