dry heat

noun

: hot temperatures with little moisture in the air
the desert's dry heat

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The average person will lose a pint of sweat during a short session in a sauna's dry heat, according to Harvard Health. Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025 Frigid temperatures outside and dry heat inside can send your complexion on a roller coaster, leading to dry, thirsty skin. Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 There are both wet heat saunas and dry heat saunas. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2025 The hammam routine involves mixed use of the herbal steam room, dry heat sauna, stimulating Swiss shower, cool mist room, aqua massage vitality pool, and a warm marble belly stone; not to mention a vigorous body scrub followed by a purifying cleanse and 60- or 90-minute massage. Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dry heat

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“Dry heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20heat. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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