a warmer/heating pad

Hebrew translation: כרית חימום

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English term or phrase:a warmer/heating pad
Hebrew translation:כרית חימום
Entered by: Akiva Brest (X)

06:16 Mar 29, 2007
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / Body warmer for patients
English term or phrase: a warmer/heating pad
What is the word used in contemporary Hebrew for a body warmer - מְחַמֵם or בקבוק מים חמים?
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כרית חימום
Explanation:
Karit Himum = Heating pad
Karit can mean a pad or a cushion
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Akiva Brest (X)
Israel
Local time: 05:15
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5כרית חימום
Akiva Brest (X)
3בקבוק חם
Shira Lipkin (X)


  

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בקבוק חם


Explanation:
Actually the common phrase used for the bottle with hot water used for heating ones body is בקבוק חם . It's perhaps worth checking what the context is, though.

Shira Lipkin (X)
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew

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neutral  Eynnat: OK, but heating pad is also mentioned, so who knows what the context is?
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כרית חימום


Explanation:
Karit Himum = Heating pad
Karit can mean a pad or a cushion

Akiva Brest (X)
Israel
Local time: 05:15
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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