Synonyms for hot spot


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hot-spot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌspɒt

Top 10 synonyms for hot spot Other synonyms for the word hot spot

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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