scaldverb [ T ]
uk/skɔːld/us/skɑːld/to burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam:
I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
to put something in boiling water or steam in order to make it completely clean:
Scald the needles to sterilize them.
specialized food & drink to heat a liquid until it almost boils:
Scald the milk and then add it to the egg and sugar mixture.
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Burning, burnt & on fire
- aflame
- alight
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt out
- burst
- char
- flame
- flammable
- forest fire
- frazzled
- go up in flames idiom
- incinerate
- inextinguishable
- lighted
- sear
- singe
- smoke
- smolder
- spontaneous combustion
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scaldnoun [ C ]
uk/skɔːld/us/skɑːld/an injury to the skin caused by boiling liquid or steam
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Skin complaints & blemishes
- boil
- calloused
- capillary telangiectasia
- cradle cap
- crusta lactea
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- hive
- jaundice
- pimple
- pitted
- prickle
- pustule
- rash
- scabby
- scar
- sinus
- spotty
- ulcerated
- verruca
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