scald

  • 21scald — scald1 [sko:ld US sko:ld] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old North French; Origin: escalder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water , from Latin calidus warm ] to burn your skin with hot liquid or steam ▪ Don t scald yourself with that… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22scald — [13] Scald comes ultimately from Latin calidus ‘hot’ (source also of English cauldron and chowder and related to calorie and nonchalant). From it was derived the verb excaldāre ‘wash in hot water’, which passed into English via Anglo Norman… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23scald — [[t]skɔ͟ːld[/t]] scalds, scalding, scalded 1) VERB If you scald yourself, you burn yourself with very hot liquid or steam. [V n] A patient jumped into a bath being prepared by a member of staff and scalded herself. [V ed] ...a child with a… …

    English dictionary

  • 24scald — /skɔld / (say skawld) verb (t) 1. to burn or affect painfully with, or as with, hot liquid or steam. 2. to subject to the action of boiling or hot liquid. 3. to heat to a temperature just short of the boiling point: to scald milk. 4. to deprive… …

  • 25scald — [13] Scald comes ultimately from Latin calidus ‘hot’ (source also of English cauldron and chowder and related to calorie and nonchalant). From it was derived the verb excaldāre ‘wash in hot water’, which passed into English via Anglo Norman… …

    Word origins

  • 26scald — verb a) To burn with hot liquid. Scald the milk, stop when little bubbles form. b) To heat almost to boiling …

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  • 27scald — 1 verb (T) to burn your skin with hot liquid or steam: Mind you don t scald yourself with that kettle! 2 noun (C) a burn caused by hot liquid or steam …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28scald — [skɔːld] verb [T] to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam scald noun [C] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29scald — plikinys statusas Aprobuotas sritis duonos ir miltiniai gaminiai apibrėžtis Pusgaminis, gaunamas užplikius miltus karštu vandeniu arba pašildžius vandens ir miltų mišinį garais ar elektrokontaktiniu būdu, iš dalies kleisterizuojant krakmolą.… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 30Scald (barley) — Scald is common disease of barley in temperate regions. It is caused by the fungus Rhynchosporium secalis and can cause significant yield losses in cooler, wet seasons.cite book last = Mathre first = D.E. title = Compendium of barley diseases… …

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