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white-hot Definition

white·-hot (hwīt′hät′, wīt′-)

adjective

  1. having a temperature at which material glows white
  2. extremely angry, excited, enthusiastic, etc.

white-hot Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • metal: The figures are grouped around a piece of white-hot metal which is the central light source.
  • fire: He pointed his nostrils to the sky and gave vent to a mighty blast of white-hot fire.
  • flame: He gives the strength to the child of God to endure the searing licks of temptation's white-hot flame.
  • rod: It must have driven through the iron of the ship's side like a white-hot iron rod through paper.
  • iron: The blood is white-hot iron, and explodes out of Him into a spray of fine drops which form the stars.
  • heat: I cannot cope with white-hot heat unless I can avoid moving about for more than a minute at a time - carrying a fan.

Used with adjective complement

glow: When you pass a current through it the wire gets so hot that it glows white-hot.