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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A period of unusually hot weather.
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- noun idiomatic A period of exceptionally
hot weather . - noun US Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wave of unusually hot weather
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