How to pronounce warm

Say it like this: /wɔɹm/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/wɔɹm/

What does warm mean?

adjOf a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

“The tea is still warm.”

Friendly and with affection.

“We have a warm friendship.”

Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.

verbTo make or keep warm.

“enough to warm, but not enough to burn”

To become warm, to heat up.

“My socks are warming by the fire.”

(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.

“He is warming to the idea.”

nounThe act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

“Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?”

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