hot

Everyday

1. Having a high temperature; very warm: "hot soup". tree →
2. Making your mouth burn because of spices: "hot sauce". tree →
3. Feeling too warm: "I'm hot." tree →
4. Very popular or new (informal): "the hot toy this year". tree →
5. Hot can also mean very keen or eager about doing something (informal). tree →

In the lessons

In science, hot means high temperature; heat moves from hotter things to colder things. In safety: hot stoves, kettles, irons and water can burn; never touch things that might be hot; drink water on hot days. Phrases: hot weather, hot water, red-hot, piping hot, hot and cold, hot spot.

Examples

• The soup is too hot to eat. tree →
• Don't touch the hot pan. tree →
• It is a hot day, so drink water. tree →
• Hot air rises. tree →
• This sauce is very hot and spicy. tree →
• The sand was hot under our feet. tree →
• Run the hot tap carefully. tree →
• Summer is the hottest season. tree →
• He hot fer true, ain't he?" tree →

Note

Double the t: hotter, hottest. "Hot" can mean high temperature or spicy — check which. Higher temperature numbers mean hotter. Metal gets hot fast; a cooker can stay hot after it is turned off.

In Jewish tradition

When anger is "hot" or "waxes hot", it means strong, burning anger. In the primary lessons: In science, hot means high temperature; heat moves from hotter things to colder things. In safety: hot stoves, kettles, irons and water can burn; never touch things that might be hot; drink water on hot days. Phrases: hot weather, hot water, red-hot, piping hot, hot and cold, hot spot.

Examples

• And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted. (Torah EXO.16.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. (Torah EXO.32.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? (Writings PRO.6.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine. (Writings LAM.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double the t: hotter, hottest. "Hot" can mean high temperature or spicy — check which. Higher temperature numbers mean hotter. Metal gets hot fast; a cooker can stay hot after it is turned off.