English
Adjective
steaming hot (not comparable)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see steaming, hot: very hot in a way that involves giving off steam or extremely hot water vapour.
- Synonym: steaming
- Hypernym: hot
- Coordinate terms: smoking hot, baking hot
- Near-synonyms: boiling hot, scalding hot, piping hot
Don't touch that radiator! It's steaming hot!
- (idiomatic, loosely) Very hot in a way that involves visible water vapour.
- Synonym: steaming
- Hypernym: hot
- Coordinate terms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot
- Near-synonyms: boiling hot, baking hot
Those horses are steaming hot. He's got to give that team a rest in the shade soon or there'll be trouble.
- (idiomatic, loosely) Very hot.
- Synonym: steaming
- Hypernym: hot
- Synonyms: boiling hot, scalding hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot
Watch out — the chrome parts of the car are steaming hot from the sun.
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