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scald
English
- 🔊 the act of burning with steam or hot water
- 🔊 a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
- 🔊 burn with a hot liquid or steam“She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out”
- 🔊 heat to the boiling point“scald the milk”
- 🔊 treat with boiling water“scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled”
- 🔊 subject to harsh criticism“The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”
Spanish
- 🔊 escaldar to scald