heat lamp

1. 1.

   electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation

   “the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp”

   Synonymsinfrared lamp

   Broaderelectric heater

Questions about heat lamp

What does heat lamp mean?

heat lamp means "electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation".

What is another word for heat lamp?

Close synonyms include infrared lamp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heat lamp a common word?

heat lamp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.