scalding

verb

  1. 1

    To burn with hot liquid.

    to scald the hand
  2. 2

    To heat almost to boiling.

    Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

noun

  1. 1

    An instance of scalding: a burn.

adjective

  1. 1

    (of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.

noun

  1. 1

    3,5-methoxy-4-ethoxyphenethylamine, a psychedelic drug and entheogen of the phenethylamine class.

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