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scald

The correct spelling is scald.

How to pronounce scald

noun

IPA: /skɒld/

Say it like: Sca-ld

The correct spelling is scald. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam. For example: "to scald the hand"

Usage Examples

to scald the hand

Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede, passim.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
  2. 2.Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
  3. 3.A Nordic poet of the Viking Age

verb

  1. 1.To burn with hot liquid.
  2. 2.To heat almost to boiling.

adjective

  1. 1.Affected with the scab; scabby.
  2. 2.Paltry; worthless.

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