heat lamp

Buffet food warmer

A heat lamp is a light bulb designed to produce warmth rather than illumination, using infrared radiation.

Heat lamps keep food warm in restaurants, provide warmth for baby animals or reptiles, and offer therapeutic heat for sore muscles.

The chicks huddled under the heat lamp.

Opposites
thermal function

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Rotating air-mover

air conditioner · cold pack · freezer · chiller · ice pack

light emission type

heat lampLED light

Semiconductor-based illumination device

fluorescent lamp · blacklight · UV lamp · cool light · daylight bulb

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G