Definitions for scald

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Spelling: [skawld]

IPA: /skɔld/

Scald is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in scald (acdls).

Definitions for scald

noun

1. a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
2. any similar condition, especially as the result of too much heat or sunlight.
3. Plant Pathology. a blanching of the epidermis and adjacent tissues, which turn pale or dark brown, caused by extreme heat or sun exposure. a condition resembling scald caused by improper conditions of growth or storage, as in apples, or by fungi, as in cranberries.
4. skald.
5. a scab.
6. one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.

adjective

1. Also, scalled. scabby; scurvy.

verb (used with object)

1. to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
2. to subject to the action of boiling or hot liquid.
3. to heat to a temperature just short of the boiling point:
4. to parboil or blanch (fruit, vegetables, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become scalded.

Origin of scald

1175-1225; Middle English scalden (v.) dialectal Old French escalder Late Latin excaldāre to wash in hot water. See ex-¹, caldarium

Examples for scald

scald your china or silver pot, and pour the coffee into it.

You should mix your brandy and sugar before you scald the peaches.

scald and peel them; throwing them, as they are peeled, into cold water.

Boil a small lump of alum, and scald them in the alum-water.

The water to be used should be lukewarm in summer, and in very cold weather it must be hot, but not so as to scald the yeast.

The time required to scald cream depends on the size of the pan, and the heat of the fire; but the slower it is done the better.

Another method is to scald them, and then to rub off the outer skin.

For an extensive burn or scald, skilful advice should immediately be obtained, as it always endangers the life of the sufferer.

scald and flour a cloth, and sew, or tie, the pudding firmly in it.

scald a quart of cream; when almost cold, put to it four eggs well beaten, a spoonful and a half of flour, with nutmeg and sugar.