scald
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steamA burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
» I scalded myself with boiling water from the kettle.
Meaning
4 sensesA burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
Verbrühung
ожо́гožóg
a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
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.
Brühstück
(Appalachia)Poor or bad land.
(obsolete, uncountable)Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
Examples
21 sentencesI scalded myself with boiling water from the kettle.
Were you scalded?
Tom scalded his arm.
He scalded his tongue on the hot tea.
Він обпік собі язика гарячим чаєм.
deEr verbrühte seine Zunge am heißen Tee.
Mary scalded her arm.
Мері обпікла руку.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare ceFrom 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”).
Alteration of scall or scalled. Compare cognate Old Swedish skold, skoldh, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“rash”).
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