hot

/hɒt/-/hɑːt/ adjective

NOUNS

hot weather/climate

• In hot weather, the plants need to be watered every day.

a hot day/evening/summer

• It was a hot day and everyone was wearing T-shirts.

a hot country

• The bird normally lives in hot countries.

hot drink/food/meal

• A hot drink will help to warm you up.

hot water/bath/shower

• There is hot water in all the rooms.

ADVERBS

incredibly hot (=very hot)

• Tokyo gets incredibly hot in summer.

boiling hot (=very hot)

• The car is boiling hot.

scorching hot (=extremely hot)

• The drill gets scorching hot.

• a scorching hot day

blazing hot also baking hot BrE (=extremely hot – used about the weather)

• It was a baking hot week in August.

scalding hot (=extremely hot – used about liquids)

• The coffee was scalding hot.

burning hot (=used about someone’s skin or the weather)

• His forehead was burning hot.

• The sun was burning hot.

steaming hot (=used about drinks or the weather)

• The waitress put a steaming hot cup of coffee on the table.

• a steaming hot day in New Orleans

piping hot (=very hot – used about food and drink)

• The fruit pie was covered with piping hot custard.

red hot (=so hot that it glows red, or extremely hot to touch)

• Take care – the iron is red hot.

white hot (=white hot metal has been heated to a very high temperature)

• He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot.

uncomfortably hot

• The sweater made her feel uncomfortably hot.

unbearably/oppressively hot (=so hot that it is very uncomfortable)

• The office gets unbearably hot in summer.

VERBS

be/feel hot

• I was hot and tired after the journey.

• The wine made her feel hot.

become/get hot

• The water gets hot very quickly.

keep sth hot

• The flask will keep the tea hot.

serve sth (while it is) hot

• Serve the soup hot with fresh bread.

PHRASES

hot and cold

• The bar serves hot and cold food.

Hot is also used about food that is very spicy: I like a nice hot curry.

THESAURUS:

warm weather | climate | day | evening | summer | water | air | wind | clothes | bed | fire | bed: a little hot, especially in a way that seems pleasant:

• People come to the coast to relax in the warm weather.

• Florida is full of British people who are attracted by the warm climate.

• Scrub your hands with soap and warm water.

• I was looking forward to being in a nice warm bed.

• It’s lovely and warm in here.

• He moved his legs in order to try to keep warm.

boiling spoken very hot:

• It’s boiling in my office.

• You must be absolutely boiling in that sweater!

Boiling is not usually used before a noun. You use boiling hot before a noun:

• a boiling hot day.

scorching heat | sun | weather | day | summer | desert: extremely hot, especially because the sun is shining very strongly:

• The local people are accustomed to the scorching heat of the desert.

• They walked in the scorching sun for several hours.

• When we got to Spain, the weather was scorching.

• It was a scorching day in August.

• It looks like being another scorching summer.

humid weather | climate | conditions | air | atmosphere | night | day | morning | summer: hot and with a lot of moisture in the air:

• The weather becomes very humid during the rainy season .

• Southern India has a very humid climate.

• The humid air from the Arabian Sea rolls in at night.

• The night was hot and humid, and she was unable to sleep.

• Hong Kong gets very humid at this time of year.

feverish: feeling very hot because you are ill:

• His head ached and he felt feverish.

Feverish is not usually used before a noun.

Another way of saying that something is hot

You can also say that a room, car etc is like an oven:

• It’s like an oven in here.

If part of your body feels very hot and painful, you say that it is burning:

• His forehead was burning. I had a burning sensation in my mouth. ANTONYMS → cold