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HOT WEATHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period of unusually high temperatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("hot weather" is a kind of...):
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hot weather"):
scorcher (an extremely hot day)
sultriness (oppressively hot and humid weather)