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Meaning of warming center | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈwɔːmɪŋ ˌsɛntə/

Definitions

  1. An artificially warmed emergency shelter that operates during dangerously cold weather to provide care and relief for people affected by the low temperature.
    US
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see warming, center.

Equivalents

Français halte-chaleur

Examples

“It is known that the warming center formed in the Atlantic and moved northwestward across the Hudson Bay to a position northeast of Alaska.”
“On such days the fireplace was a cheerful, warming center of activity and Alice would often spread a quilt on the floor in front of it where boy and dog could play.”
“Part of the reason Thoreau lights on fireplaces, chimneys, and hearths as indexical locations has to do with all that they mean in terms of warming centers.”
“We can see from the reanalysis that two anomalous warming centers in the tropical eastern Pacific straddle the equator and extend eastward.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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