Scald

Quick meaning: Scald is a verb meaning To burn with hot liquid.

Meaning

To burn with hot liquid.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
2. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
3. (Appalachia) Poor or bad land.
4. 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. (obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
6. (obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
7. (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.

Example Sentences

to scald the hand

Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead.

Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.

Word Forms

• scalds
• scalding
• scalded

Synonyms for scald

Depending on context, synonyms include roynish, scurvy, contemptible, miserable, trashy, scalled.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hot, boiling, burn, parboil, boil, scorch.

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