Synonyms for hot spot

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hot-spot

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌspɒt

Top 10 synonyms for hot spot

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Définition of hot spot

Origin : also hotspot, 1888 as a skin irritation; 1931 as "nightclub;" 1938 in the firefighting sense; 1941 as "place of international conflict." See hot (adj.) + spot (n.).

noun predicament

Example sentences :

Messmates, but if Flint was living, this would be a hot spot for you and me.
Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson

The better plan is to move it slightly from the “hot spot” into the surrounding parts of the flame at the moment of blowing.
Extract from : « The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame » by W. A. Shenstone

Comparatively large masses of silica may be softened in a comparatively small jet if the hot spot is properly utilised.
Extract from : « The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame » by W. A. Shenstone

Still mother made no answer, but I saw a hot spot coming into both her cheeks.
Extract from : « A Plucky Girl » by L. T. Meade

At five thousand feet up and well away from the hot spot, Stan took stock.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Great guns, messmates, but if Flint was living this would be a hot spot for you and me!
Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson

The arrangement, moreover, secured at no cost a good vaporizer, or modern "hot spot."
Extract from : « The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design » by Leonard S. Hobbs.

After a rest the Canadians took over a new piece of line near Festubert, and a hot spot it was.
Extract from : « On the Fringe of the Great Fight » by George G. Nasmith

She did not look pale; there was a hot spot on either cheek—a spot of vivid rose.
Extract from : « A Little Mother to the Others » by L. T. Meade

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