hot water
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- noun
- /hɑt ˈwɔtər/
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agua caliente
- After I finished washing the dishes, I rinsed them with hot water to ensure they were clean.
- sanitize with hot water
- cloths sanitized with hot water
- hot water at 75
But the main source of heat and the hot water was the fire.
- But the main source of heat and the hot water was the fire.
- Now this basically means that you pipe hot water between buildings.
- And I'll have a hot water with lemon and ginger, please.
- And we've got the advantages of unlimited hot water showers.
- All I have here is a cup of hot water with fresh ginger and fresh lemon.
- When I stopped washing my hair with that hot water, my hair looked so much better.
- This has been dipped in hot water, not cold hot water.
- Don't use the hot water, use the worm.
- Hey, if you like hot water, you're weird so that's on you.
Examples
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In the restaurant upstairs you have hot water and cold water.
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My apartment has not had hot water in the past nine days.
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But the main source of heat and the hot water was the fire.
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Oh, please, use more of the hot water.
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Just bring me a cup of hot water and the tea bag.
Fiction book (1993) -
All I have here is a cup of hot water with fresh ginger and fresh lemon.
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My father used to make us fill up the tub with just, like, an inch of hot water.
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In the kitchen, I turn on the faucet and let the hot water run for a long time.
Fiction book (1991) -
There wasn't any hot water at the gym, so...
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My confusion kept me company in the shower as the hot water pounded on my shoulders.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Water heated until it makes bubbles and steam
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
hot + water
The meaning 'water that has been heated' is directly and transparently derived from the adjective 'hot' modifying the noun 'water' following a regular adjective+noun composition. This is a basic, cross-linguistically common concept, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning (separate idiomatic uses like 'in hot water' = 'in trouble' are distinct constructions).
Etymology
The noun hot water puts hot and water together to make a simple picture of water that is warm or boiling for cooking, cleaning, or bathing, so it means 'water that has been heated'.