Phrase guide

baking hot

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baking, hot: very hot in a way that involves baking (in an oven or as if in an oven).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: roasting, baked
  • Watch out for that exhaust pipe! It's baking hot!
  • Watch out — the chrome parts of the car are baking hot from the sun.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking, roasting, baked

Antonyms: freezing cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill, chilled, chilly, clay-cold, cold, cold as a mackerel, cold as charity, freezing, frosty, frore, frozen, gelid, glacial, hiemal, icy, inclement, nesh, nippy, parky, polar, sleety, snowy, taters, wintry

Broader terms: hot

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adj

Meaning 2

Very hot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: smoking hot, boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming; see also Thesaurus:hot
  • I've got to get out of this coat! I'm baking hot!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking, roasting, baked, smoking hot, boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming, hot, choleric, heated

Antonyms: freezing cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill, chilled, chilly, clay-cold, cold, cold as a mackerel, cold as charity, freezing, frosty, frore, frozen, gelid, glacial, hiemal, icy, inclement, nesh, nippy, parky, polar, sleety, snowy, taters, wintry

Broader terms: hot

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

as hot as if in an oven

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking

Antonyms: none provided

History

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