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scald

UK/skɔːld/ US/skɔld/ uncommon obsolete
noun (2) verb (4)

noun

1.
2.

the act of burning with steam or hot water

verb

1.

subject to harsh criticism

  • “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”
  • “the professor scaled the students”
  • “your invectives scorched the community”
Synonyms
2.

treat with boiling water

  • “scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled”
3.

heat to the boiling point

  • “scald the milk”
4.

burn with a hot liquid or steam

  • “She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out”

Origin

From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”).

Phrases

  • barley scald

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