as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow
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Recent Examples of piping hot
Hydro Flask French Press This stainless steel Hydro Flack French Press keeps coffee piping hot for hours.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Wondering what a piping hot baked potato and bacteria have to do with each other?
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
The 10-inch tray is large enough for cookies, muffins, tea sandwiches, and all the snacks that are best served alongside a hot beverage, and the 16-ounce stoneware mug will keep coffee, tea, and cocoa piping hot.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Order a full or half wheel plus piping hot liquid chocolate for dipping.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Wondering what a piping hot baked potato and bacteria have to do with each other?
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
The 10-inch tray is large enough for cookies, muffins, tea sandwiches, and all the snacks that are best served alongside a hot beverage, and the 16-ounce stoneware mug will keep coffee, tea, and cocoa piping hot.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Order a full or half wheel plus piping hot liquid chocolate for dipping.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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The nearly three-hour podcast was a perfect storm of virality: comedy, conspiracy, and searing insult, leaving the internet in tatters.Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Serving as both translator and witness, Ramin recounted the searing impact of the six-week war in 2020.Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Will the Saints get the big upset on Monday Night Football, or will the Packers continue their hot season with another dominant win?Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Having this kind of latitude in a high-performance supercar is the equivalent of a long, hot shower after a hard workout.Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Social media star Hannah Neeleman and her husband Daniel Neeleman are answering fans' most burning question.Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
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Or waste could also be deposited in deep shafts where two tectonic plates meet and the waste could be left to slide down into the Earth's molten mantle.David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
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Earth's magnetic field is always in flux due to forces within the fluid outer core (underneath the rocky mantle), where the swirling of molten iron creates massive electrical currents.Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Piping hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping%20hot. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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