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Word entry · 5 letters

scald

Best crossword clue

"Hot-liquid injury"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skɔld/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acdlsStarts with SEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2C3A4L5D

Definitions

  1. 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Hot-liquid injury5 letters
02Burn with steam5 letters

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