1
: being at or radiating white heat
2
a
: extremely hot
b
: exhibiting or marked by extreme fervor or zeal
white-hot enthusiasm

Examples of white-hot in a Sentence

the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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In Toronto, another white-hot production hub for Hollywood owing to tax credits and currency savings, Hackman Capital and the MBS Group are moving ahead with plans to develop the Basin Media Hub, a $250 million film studio on an 8.9-acre waterfront site. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 As Pure focused on establishing its presence in enterprise storage, the AI market (really HPC and AI) has become white-hot, and companies like VAST Data have leaned far more heavily into the complex data management that is required to make an underlying storage architecture perform at scale. Matt Kimball, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Grab a table at Elaine’s, order a glass of Dom Pérignon, and enjoy the white-hot spotlight. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025 Brock Purdy gets paid, but not as much as Dominick Puni Silicon Valley’s white-hot tech economy pushed up housing costs. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for white-hot

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of white-hot was in 1587

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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-hot. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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