scald

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To burn with hot liquid.

   to scald the hand

2. verb To heat almost to boiling.

   Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

3. noun A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
4. noun A paste, made by mixing flour with hot or boiling water (causing starches in it to gelatinize and hold more water) and allowing that mixture to sit and cool, which is added to bread dough to produce a softer bread that takes longer to stale.
5. noun Poor or bad land.
6. noun Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
7. adjective Affected with the scab; scabby.
8. adjective Paltry; worthless.

Similar words

hot boiling burn parboil boil scorch sear seethe brand flame

Often followed by

the and milk of them burns is or it

Word family

scalded scalding scalds skald