warm
noun/wɔːm/
/wɔːrm/
the warm
[singular]- a place where the temperature is warm
- Come inside into the warm.
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Word OriginOld English wearm (adjective), werman, wearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German warm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin formus ‘warm’ and Greek thermos ‘hot’.
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