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scalded

scalded is the simple past and past participle of scald.

Meaning of scald

Verb

scald (third-person singular simple present scalds, present participle scalding, simple past and past participle scalded)

  1. To burn with hot liquid.
    • to scald the hand
  2. To heat almost to boiling.
    • Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

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Phrases with scalded

Questions about scalded

What is scalded the simple past and past participle of?
Scalded is the simple past and past participle of scald.

Words near scalded in the dictionary

  1. Scalby
  2. Scalby Mills
  3. scald
  4. scald-crow
  5. scald-crows
  6. scalded
  7. scalder
  8. scalders
  9. scaldeth
  10. scaldfish
  11. scaldfishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scalded (page history and authors); scald (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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