thermometer
Example Sentences
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Wagner carries a purple cooking thermometer—the kind with the long pointy needle that you might use to check on your steak—to check for optimal chill.
I had to take off my shirt and place the thermometer between my arm and the side of my body.
From Literature
Forecasters are expecting the thermometer to reach 89 degrees in Burbank, breaking a 40-year-old record of 86 degrees that was set in 1986, Hall said.
From Los Angeles Times
Taking the thermometer, Daisy gave it a good shaking, walked over, and dabbed it in my mouth.
From Literature
The box also lacked a thermometer that could alert the medical team to the low temperature.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
