scaldingscald‧ing /ˈskɔːldɪŋ $ ˈskɒːl-/ adjective 
a bowl of scalding water a cup of scalding hot tea2literary scalding tears feel hot on your skin: Scalding tears poured down her face.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a cup of scalding coffee
- A thousand pinpricks of scalding steam grew to knife-points and the knives twisted.
- Against her will, hot scalding tears burst from her eyes and down her cheeks.
- Enrique released the bonnet, standing back as the scalding cloud of steam escaped.
- From behind the scenes, a scalding eruption sends the poor receptionist scuttling out again.
- He put two spoonfuls of tea into the teapot, then poured in the scalding water from the kettle.
- Pictures of her parents, memories, flashed through her mind bringing hot scalding tears to her eyes.
- The coffee cup lurched in his fingers and he felt two scalding drops on his hand.
Longman Language Activatorfood/drink
· 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
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1 (also scalding hot) extremely hot: (=used about liquid that is extremely hot) The coffee was scalding hot.
The coffee was scalding hot. a bowl of scalding water a cup of scalding hot tea2literary scalding tears feel hot on your skin: Scalding tears poured down her face.