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hot

adjective (VERY WARM)
 
 
/hɒt/ US  /hɑːt/ (hotter, hottest)

Definition

A1 having a high temperature: a hot sunny day hot weather a hot drink/meal It's too hot in here, can we turn down the heating? Bake the cake in a hot oven, about 220°C, for 30 minutes. The food was piping hot (= very hot).Hot and heatSultriness and humidity
(Definition of hot adjective (VERY WARM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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