"white-hot" meaning in All languages combined

See white-hot on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Rhymes: -ɒt Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} white-hot (not comparable)
  1. Hot enough to glow with a bright white light. Tags: not-comparable Translations (hot enough to glow): нажежен до бяло (nažežen do bjalo) (Bulgarian), 白热 (bái rè) (Chinese Mandarin), weißglühend (German), מְלֻבָּן (m'lub'an) [masculine] (Hebrew), akkor (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-white-hot-en-adj-wteOqKrI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 5 50 Disambiguation of 'hot enough to glow': 84 3 14
  2. (figurative) Extremely fervid or zealous. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable Categories (topical): Temperature Translations (fervid): but see rozpalać do białości [imperfective] (Polish), rozpalić do białości [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-white-hot-en-adj-apB~QtiT Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'fervid': 5 59 36
  3. Blazing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-white-hot-en-adj-SuBYokB9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 5 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 0 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 0 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 3 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 3 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 22 3 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 9 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 3 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 3 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white hot

Alternative forms

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