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HOT SPOT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot spot mean?

• HOT SPOT (noun)
The noun HOT SPOT has 3 senses:

1. a place of political unrest and potential violence
2. a point of relatively intense heat or radiation
3. a lively entertainment spot

Familiarity information: HOT SPOT used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• HOT SPOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A place of political unrest and potential violence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

hot spot; hotspot

Context example:

the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots

Hypernyms ("hot spot" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A point of relatively intense heat or radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

hot spot; hotspot

Hypernyms ("hot spot" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A lively entertainment spot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hot spot; hotspot

Hypernyms ("hot spot" is a kind of...):

spot (a business establishment for entertainment)

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