c) if clothes are hot, they make you feel too hot in a way that is uncomfortable This sweater’s too hot to wear inside. b) HOT if you feel hot, your body feels hot in a way that is uncomfortable I was hot and tired after the journey. ![]() white hot (=used to describe metal that is extremely hot ) He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot. red hot (=used to describe an object or surface that is very hot ) The handle was red hot. piping hot (=used about food that is nice and hot ) Serve the soup piping hot. boiling/scalding/steaming hot (=used about liquid that is extremely hot ) The coffee was scalding hot. people who live in hot countries (=where the weather is usually hot ) scorching/baking/roasting hot (also boiling/broiling hot American English ) (=used about weather that is very hot ) a scorching hot week in August stifling/sweltering/unbearably hot (=used about weather that is very hot and uncomfortable ) The office gets unbearably hot in summer. Can I open the window? Be careful, the water’s very hot. S1 W2 adjective ( comparative hotter, superlative hottest ) 1 high temperature HOT a) something that is hot has a high temperature – used about weather, places, food, drink, or objects OPP cold a hot day in July It’s so hot in here. ![]() ![]() From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hot hot 1 / hɒt $ hɑːt /
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