scald
pronunciation
How to pronounce scald in British English:
UK [skɔːld]
How to pronounce scald in American English:
US [skɔːld]
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- Noun:
- a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
- the act of burning with steam or hot water
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- Verb:
- subject to harsh criticism
- treat with boiling water
- heat to the boiling point
- burn with a hot liquid or steam
Word Origin
- scald
- scald: [13] Scald comes ultimately from Latin calidus ‘hot’ (source also of English cauldron and chowder and related to calorie and nonchalant). From it was derived the verb excaldāre ‘wash in hot water’, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman escalder as scald.=> calorie, cauldron, chowder, nonchalant
- scald (v.)
- c. 1200, "to be very hot; to afflict painfully with hot liquid or steam," from Old North French escalder "to scald, to scorch" (Old French eschalder "heat, boil up, bubble," Modern French échauder), from Late Latin excaldare "bathe in hot water" (source also of Spanish escaldar, Italian scaldare "heat with hot water"), from Latin ex- "off" (see ex-) + calidus "hot" (see calorie). Related: Scalded; scalding. The noun is c. 1600, from the verb.
Example
- 1. How big is the temperature causing human body scald ?
- 2. Be careful not to scald yourself with the steam .
- 3. Your arrogant has scald me again .
- 4. Clinicopathological and ultrastructural study of multiple pyogenic granuloma after scald .
- 5. Accuracy and related factors of emergency management in hospitalized scald burn patients and their helpers .