June 6, 2011 - Word of the Day: heat

You can use "heat" as a verb or as a noun when talking about something that is hot.

This is what it looks like as a verb:

• Heat that soup in the microwave.
• She heated the oven to 350 degrees. (or)
• She preheated the oven to 350 degrees.
• The day is heating up fast.

Here it is as a noun:

• I love the heat in the summer.
• She can't stand the heat, so she runs her air conditioning all the time in the summer.
• You can feel the heat coming from this fire.

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