steaming1 adjectivesteaming2 noun
steamingsteam‧ing1 /ˈstiːmɪŋ/ adjective 
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· The soup's very hot. Let it cool down a bit.· The waitress set down a pot of hot tea and a plate of cakes.· Dozens of volunteers serve hot meals to 200 homeless people every night.
food that is piping hot has just been cooked and is very hot, especially in a way that makes it seem good to eat: · Heat the fish under a grill and serve piping hot.· She handed him a piping hot bread roll and a steaming cup of coffee.
a drink or a food such as soup that is steaming or steaming hot is very hot, so that you can see the steam coming from it: · Cooper held a steaming mug of coffee.· The soup was served steaming hot in a large bowl.
a drink that is scalding or scalding hot is so hot that it hurts your mouth if you try to drink it: · I burned my mouth on the scalding hot coffee.· a cup of scalding tea
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(=used about liquid that is extremely hot)
The coffee was scalding hot.
The coffee was scalding hot.WORD FAMILYnounsteamsteameradjectivesteamyverbsteamadverbsteaming
1 (also steaming hot) very hot: It was a steaming hot day.2very drunk – used in Scotland and northern Englandsteaming1 adjectivesteaming2 noun
steamingsteaming2 noun [uncountable] COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a method of stealing in which a large group of young people go into a public place, surprise and frighten the people there, and then rob them (=used about liquid that is extremely hot) The coffee was scalding hot.
The coffee was scalding hot.