HEATING PAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heating pad mean? 

• HEATING PAD (noun)
  The noun HEATING PAD has 1 sense:

1. heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad

  Familiarity information: HEATING PAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEATING PAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

heating pad; hot pad

Hypernyms ("heating pad" is a kind of...):

heater; warmer (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)

 Context examples 

Don't use a heating pad, heat lamp, or the heat of a stove, fireplace, or radiator for warming. Since frostbite makes an area numb, you could burn it.

(Frostbite, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)