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hot holding

hot holding is the present participle and gerund of hot hold.

Meaning of hot hold

Verb

hot hold (third-person singular simple present hot holds, present participle hot holding, simple past and past participle hot held)

  1. To keep (food) hot to prevent the growth of foodborne bacteria.
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Questions about hot holding

What is hot holding the present participle and gerund of?
Hot holding is the present participle and gerund of hot hold.

Words near hot holding in the dictionary

  1. hot hatchback
  2. hot hatchbacks
  3. hot hatches
  4. hot held
  5. hot hold
  6. hot holding
  7. hot holds
  8. hot ice
  9. hot iron test
  10. hot iron tests
  11. hot jazz

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hot holding (page history and authors); hot hold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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