Scald

To burn your skin with very hot water or steam, which can hurt a lot.

Examples

• Be careful when pouring hot water for your tea, or you might scald your fingers.
• In science class, we learned that steam can scald your skin if you're too close to it.
• When I accidentally spilled hot soup on my hand, I felt a sharp pain from the scald.

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