boiling hot en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.
Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!
Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot
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(broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable) Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
Back then, if you were a regular person living in the Deep South, you were going to be boiling hot all summer long, no two ways about it — nobody but rich people had central air at home back then.
Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boiling-hot | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
smoking hot · piping hot · scalding hot · scalding hot · piping hot
Translations (7)
br tomm-gor (extremely hot) · sv kokhet (extremely hot) · la fervidus (extremely hot) · br tomm-berv (extremely hot) · sv skållhet (extremely hot) · fr bouillant (extremely hot) · eo varmega (extremely hot)