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  • 11hot — /hɒt / (say hot) adjective (hotter, hottest) 1. having or communicating heat; having a high temperature: a hot stove. 2. having a sensation of great bodily heat; attended with or producing such a sensation. 3. having an effect as of burning on… …

  • 12hot — [[t]hɒt[/t]] adj. hot•ter, hot•test, adv. n. 1) having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: hot coffee[/ex] 2) phl having, attended with, or causing a sensation of great bodily heat 3) sharply peppery or pungent: Is this mustard… …

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  • 13Hot spring — For places with similar name, see Hot Springs (disambiguation). Grand Prismatic Spring and Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater …

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  • 14hot — I UK [hɒt] / US [hɑt] adjective Word forms hot : adjective hot comparative hotter superlative hottest *** Other ways of saying hot: tepid almost cold: used especially of liquids: a mouthful of tepid coffee lukewarm only slightly hot: used… …

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  • 15close — closable, closeable /kloh zeuh beuhl/, adj. closely /klohs lee/, adv. closeness /klohs nis/, n. v. /klohz/; adj., adv. /klohs/ or, for 56, /klohz/; n. /klohz/ for 66, 67, 70 72, 74, 75, /klohs/ for 68, 69, 73, v., closed …

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  • 16hot — I. adjective (hotter; hottest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāt; akin to Old High German heiz hot, Lithuanian kaisti to get hot Date: before 12th century 1. a. having a relatively high temperature b. capable of giving a sensation… …

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  • 17hot — adj. 1 of the weather VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get, grow, turn ▪ The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter. ADVERB …

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  • 18close — I. verb (closed; closing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French clos , stem of clore, from Latin claudere to shut, close; perhaps akin to Greek kleiein to close more at clavicle Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to move so as to bar …

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  • 19hot — adjective (hotter, hottest) 1》 having a high temperature.     ↘feeling or producing an uncomfortable sensation of heat.     ↘(of food) causing a burning sensation in the mouth.     ↘informal (of an electric circuit) at a high voltage; live.… …

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  • 20hot — adjective 1) hot food Syn: heated, piping hot, sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling (hot), searing, scorching, scalding, burning, red hot Ant: cold, chilled 2) …

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