verb, noun
verb [VN] to burn yourself or part of your body with very hot liquid or steam:
Be careful not to scald yourself with the steam. * (figurative) Tears scalded her eyes.
noun an injury to the skin from very hot liquid or steam:
For minor burns and scalds, cool the affected area under running water.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scald is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does scald appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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