scald meaning

scald as a verb

1. subject to harsh criticism
   • The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
   • the professor scaled the students
   • your invectives scorched the community

   Synonyms: blister, whip

   Type of: attack

2. treat with boiling water
   • scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled

   Type of: process

3. heat to the boiling point
   • scald the milk

   Type of: heat

4. burn with a hot liquid or steam
   • She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out

   Type of: burn

scald as a noun

1. a burn cause by hot liquid or steam

   Type of: burn

2. the act of burning with steam or hot water

   Type of: burn

How to pronounce scald

scald is pronounced /skɔːld/ in British English and /skɔld/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with scald

• bald
• auld
• appalled
• enthralled