"warming center" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: warming centers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} warming center (plural warming centers)
  1. An emergency shelter that operates when temperatures become dangerously low, serving stranded travelers, displaced renters and homeowners, and the homeless. Translations (Translations): halte-chaleur (French)
    Sense id: en-warming_center-en-noun-wULH-Kiq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see warming, center. Synonyms: warming centre
    Sense id: en-warming_center-en-noun-7qELBPS~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

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