Idiom
steaming hot
Meaning
Very hot in a way that involves visible water vapour.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The coffee is steaming hot.”
“She carefully sipped her tea while it was still steaming hot from the kettle.”
“After walking through the freezing snow, he welcomed the bowl of steaming hot soup that warmed him instantly.”
Examples
simple
“The coffee is steaming hot.”
contextual
“She carefully sipped her tea while it was still steaming hot from the kettle.”
complex
“After walking through the freezing snow, he welcomed the bowl of steaming hot soup that warmed him instantly.”
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