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to scald

to scald

1 4.3
To put food briefly into boiling water to loosen skin
  • verb
  • /skɔld/
translation icon : escaldar
  • She looked critically at the tumbler she had just scalded.
  • scald jars

Examples

  • The other nurse sipped coffee, cursed softly for a scalded lip, and shook her head.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • To prepare the dish, you first need to scald the vegetables in boiling water for a few minutes.

  • Her skin looked as if it would be scalding to the touch.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • This morning, barely on simmer, her breakfast grits swirled up from the pan to scald the fleshy part of her thumb.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Someone splashes a pan of water over the stones as scalding billows of steam flood the sweat lodge and climb onto our bodies like some eager dog from hell.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • She carefully scalded the milk before adding it to the recipe to enhance the flavor.

  • After washing the peaches, he decided to scald them to make peeling easier.

Synonyms

to boil
vsto scald
269 1.0

To heat a liquid until it bubbles and becomes gas

immerse briefly in very hot water to loosen skin or clean

Antonyms

to cool
256 1.0

To make or become less warm

How Hot

to boil
269 1.0
to parboil
2 5.6
to scald
1 4.3
to dip
146 1.0

Surface Forms

scald infinitive
scalded past
scalded past participle
scalding present participle
scalds third person singular

Etymology

Scald comes from the old English sceald meaning 'to heat' or 'burn' with hot water, and cooks used it to loosen skins. So to scald almonds or tomatoes is to put them briefly in very hot water to make the skin come off.