Definitions
To burn with hot liquid or steam.
Word 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”).
Used in a sentence
“to scald the hand”
“Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead.”
“Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Hot-liquid injury”5 letters
02“Burn with steam”5 letters
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