/hɒt/
Translation
Having a high heat; very warm to feel or taste.
Word origin
Comes from an Old English word for something with great heat.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hat
Examples
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"Hot" shows the soup has a high heat right now.
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Here "hot" means the weather has a high heat.
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"Hot" warns you that the pan will burn if you touch it.
Something has a high heat. Fire, the sun, and fresh soup are all hot. The opposite of hot is cold.
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Grammar articles
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Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
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