heatshield
English
noun
Definitions
- A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- (astronautics) A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag
Etymology
Compound from English heat + English shield.
Origin
English
shield
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scoville heat unit English
- afterheat English
- armshield English
- beshield English
- bioheat English
- bloodheat English
- dayshield English
- deheat English
- enshield English
- eyeshield English
- forceshield English
- foreheat English
- gumshield English
- gunshield English
- headshield English
- heat English
- heat index English
- heat-proof English
- heatability English
- heatable English
- heaten English
- heater English
- heatest English
- heateth English
- heatful English
- heating English
- heatless English
- heatmapping English
- heatproof English
- heatseeker English
- heatsick English
- heatwave English
- heaty English
- lockshield English
- overheat English
- preheat English
- reheat English
- roundshield English
- shield English
- shield-toad English
- shieldable English
- shieldback English
- shieldbearer English
- shielder English
- shieldless English
- shieldlike English
- shieldmaiden English
- shieldmaker English
- shieldman English
- shieldsman English
- shieldsmith English
- shieldtail English
- shieldwise English
- shieldwright English
- superheat English
- tailshield English
- ultraheat English
- underheat English
- windshield English
- heat Swedish
- シールド Japanese
- hete Middle English
- scheld Middle English
- heat
- heaty
- reheat
- heaten
- shield
- deheat
- heater
- bioheat
- heatful
- heatest
- heating
- preheat
- heateth
- shielder
- overheat
- heatless
- heatwave
- foreheat
- beshield
- enshield
- heatsick
- heatable
- shieldman
- bloodheat
- underheat
- gunshield
- superheat
- heatproof
- dayshield
- armshield
- eyeshield
- ultraheat
- afterheat
- gumshield
- heat index
- shieldtail
- shieldless
- shieldback
- shieldsman
- windshield
- heatseeker
- tailshield
- shieldlike
- shieldwise
- heat-proof
- headshield
- lockshield
- shieldable
- shieldmaker
- forceshield
- heatmapping
- shield-toad
- heatability
- shieldsmith
- roundshield
- shieldbearer
- shieldmaiden
- shieldwright
- Scoville heat unit