Preposition: on

• heel: They had just floated - hot on the heels of Freeserve.

Modifies a noun

• tub: There was a big lovely hot tub which was boiling.

• spot: Last month the area was also made a ' hot spot ' for burglary.

• weather: Even a few weeks of very hot, dry weather can dry out the upper layers of the soil.

• water: There are a limited number of standard rooms, which have an enclosed bathroom with a hot water shower.

• chocolate: Get a nice hot chocolate from Chocolate Soup - an old haunt from last year.

• topic: Hot Topics provide a guide to current key issues.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Being too hot or too cold may affect your sleep 17.

• blisteringly: The Rainton 10K forms part of the Black Sheep Brewery series and took place on a blisteringly hot afternoon.

• unbearably: The island's trade winds keep the summer season from being unbearably hot.

Preposition: off

• press: Our brand new " hot off the press " manual tell all.

Infinitive complement

• touch: In the summer, when items such as car bodies are often too hot to touch we become aware of the Sun's heat.

Used with adjective complement

• serve: Serve hot with custard, cream or ice cream.

• pipe: Check that the food is piping hot all the way through.

• scorch: You should expect any weather from scorching hot to cold, wet and windy.

• boil: In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my hand and wrist.

• blaze: Here's the real deal about firewalking: When they build that big bonfire of wood it is blazing hot.

• get: Give the heap a good mix Within a few days, the heap is likely to get hot to the touch.

Preposition: in

• pursuit: Right now, he is hot in pursuit of a psychotic criminal Manoj Bajpai.

Preposition: with

• custard: Serve hot with custard, cream or ice cream.