Definition of Hot spell

1. Noun. A spell of hot weather.

Generic synonyms: Patch, Piece, Spell, While

Definition of Hot spell

1. Noun. A (usually) short period of hot weather. Sometimes a heat wave. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot Spell

hot sauces
hot saw
hot saws
hot seal
hot seals
hot seat
hot seats
hot set
hot sheet
hot sheets
hot shift
hot shifts
hot shoe
hot short
hot spell (current term)
hot spleen
hot spot
hot spots
hot spring
hot springs
hot squat
hot squats
hot stamp
hot stock
hot stove
hot stove league
hot stoves
hot stuff
hot stuffed tomato

Literary usage of Hot spell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"Mr. SULLIVAN: I said he was not here during the hot spell, and he was not here. Now he suggests he will come in next summer, because summer is the proper ..."

2. Journal (1897)
"If, ho-wever, the acidity is high, that is evidence of bad refrigeration; and we found some samples of milk during the hot spell that, instead of being 1.6, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1909)
"... pleasant weather, which invigorated and revived the people, who had been exhausted by a long hot spell so that nearly all were again eating heartily, ..."

4. Tariff ... Hearing[s] ... on H.R. 7456 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (1921)
"A hot spell here in the East always can^~ jump in the market. This hot spell surpassed anything in • history of the lemon business. The CHAIRMAN. ..."

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