hot
- adjective
- /hɑt/
- Be careful; the surface of the stove is very hot after cooking.
- too hot
- hot water
- scalding hot
So you make your ears get hot or your face gets red.
- So you make your ears get hot or your face gets red.
- How does moving around a bunch of hot air make you cold?
- These are all predictions of that hot Big Bang.
Examples
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It's hot out here.
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It was just way too hot and humid.
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This room's a bit hot, very hot in here.
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So, last night was pretty hot, huh?
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What is it so hot in here for?
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That was the sound of the hot pan hitting the cold ice.
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At the end of August, it was very hot and sultry in Georgia.
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By morning she felt hot and sweaty, as though she was getting the flu.
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It's very hot today.
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Memorial Day, May 29, 1939, dawned bright and hot along the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
Very hot and like burning flames
Too hot or intense in a way that causes danger and discomfort
Very hot in a way that feels uncomfortable
Very hot and making a hissing sound
Feels very hot, like you are inside an oven
Weather that is very hot and humid makes you sweat and feel uncomfortable
Very hot and able to burn skin
Very hot, like the heat inside an oven
Very hot, with high temperature or strong spice
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Compounds
- Informal
A position where someone is under strong pressure and criticism because of their responsibilities
- Specialized
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
A small portable electric cooker with one or two burners for cooking and keeping food warm
A container filled with hot water to warm a bed or soothe a part of the body
A warm drink of alcohol, hot water, sugar and spices often used to soothe a sore throat
- Specialized
A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film
A park in Arkansas with natural hot springs people visit for bathing and health
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- Specialized
A type of metal that stays hard at high temperatures used to make cutting tools like drills
How Hot
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hot comes from an old English word about strong warmth and is the same root as heat, which means 'high temperature'. So hot still means giving off or feeling heat.