Meaning of redhot | Babel Free

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Adjective. [B1]

Examples

“The better kind of pottery, called in this country Staffordshire ware, is made of an artificial mixture of alumina and silica; the former obtained in the form⟳ of a tine clay, from Devonshire chiefly ; and the latter consisting of chert or flint, which is heated redhot, quenched io water, and then reduced to powder.”

“A child can learn⟳ the concept "hot" without the word "hot" by touching a redhot poker. The next time he sees a redhot poker he recalls his prior experience⟳ and avoids the poker.”

“Judging from his expression, so did Old Sam, although he wouldn't have⟳ admitted it unless his fingernails were being ripped out by redhot pincers.”

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